Bug 719753 (CVE-2011-2597)

Summary:	CVE-2011-2597 wireshark: infinite loop DoS in lucent/ascend file parser
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	Security
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	719782, 809045, 809046
Bug Blocks:	807617

Description Vincent Danen 2011-07-07 21:07:51 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2011-2597 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2011-2597
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2597
Assigned: 20110629
Reference: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html
Reference: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
Reference: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506
Reference: SECTRACK:1025738
Reference: http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738
Reference: SECUNIA:45086
Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
Reference: XF:wireshark-lucent-dos(68335)
Reference: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68335

The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x
through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2011-07-08 00:27:18 UTC

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 719782]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2012-04-23 16:52:34 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:0509 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0509.html

Comment 5 Vincent Danen 2012-04-23 17:45:31 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.