Bug 532479 (CVE-2009-3829) - CVE-2009-3829 wireshark: unsigned integer wrap vulnerability in ERF reader (VU#676492)
Summary: CVE-2009-3829 wireshark: unsigned integer wrap vulnerability in ERF reader (V...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2009-3829
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 537906 549581 549582 549583 549584 561099 833992
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-11-02 15:08 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-06-25 09:47:13 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0360 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: wireshark security update 2010-04-20 15:31:15 UTC

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
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