Bug 773729 (CVE-2012-0043)

Summary: CVE-2012-0043 wireshark: RLC dissector buffer overflow (wnpa-sec-2012-03)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-01-12 17:51:30 UTC
The RLC dissector could overflow a buffer.  It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.  This is corrected in upstream 1.4.11 and 1.6.5.

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-13 06:17:17 UTC
The versions of wireshark shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6, does not have support for UMTS RLC (Radio Link Control) disassembly. 

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

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-13 06:20:39 UTC
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 781268]

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-20 06:57:01 UTC
This issue affects the version of wireshark shipped with Fedora 15 and Fedora
16 and has been addressed in the following security advisories:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.4.11-1.fc15
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.6.5-1.fc16