Bug 732947 (CVE-2011-3266)

Summary:	CVE-2011-3266 Wireshark proto_tree_add_item DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, jsafrane, rvokal
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Description Mark J. Cox 2011-08-24 09:02:08 UTC

A vulnerability was reported in Wireshark.  A remote user can send a specially crafted IKE packet to cause the IKEv1 dissector to enter an infinite loop.  The vulnerability resides in the proto_tree_add_item() function in 'tshark.c'.
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/519049/100/0/threaded

Not yet acknowledged by Wireshark upstream, no testing done yet to determine affected versions.

Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of wireshark shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-09-12 09:41:31 UTC

This is now acknowledged upstream:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-13.html

and fixed via 
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-12423
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-12403
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-12399

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-09-12 09:45:45 UTC

Upstream patch:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c?r1=38247&r2=38246&pathrev=38247