Bug 532479 (CVE-2009-3829)

Summary:	CVE-2009-3829 wireshark: unsigned integer wrap vulnerability in ERF reader (VU#676492)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	rvokal
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	537906, 549581, 549582, 549583, 549584, 561099, 833992
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Description Tomas Hoger 2009-11-02 15:08:31 UTC

Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an
"unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."

References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492

Upstream bug (currently not public):
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849

Upstream commit:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=29364
minor fix for the first commit:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=29366

Fixed upstream in 1.2.2:
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2010-04-20 15:31:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Via RHSA-2010:0360 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0360.html