Bug 710039 (CVE-2011-1959) - CVE-2011-1959 wireshark: Stack-based buffer over-read from tvbuff buffer when reading snoop capture files
Summary: CVE-2011-1959 wireshark: Stack-based buffer over-read from tvbuff buffer when...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-1959
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: 809045 809046 834180
Blocks: 807617 816611
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Reported: 2011-06-02 10:20 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2021-02-24 15:19 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-01-08 09:01:53 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0509 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: wireshark security update 2012-04-23 20:47:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0125 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2013-01-08 09:22:17 UTC

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-02 10:20:46 UTC 
A stack-based buffer over-read flaw was found in the way Wireshark
performed management of testy, virtualizable buffers. A remote attacker
could create a specially-crafted capture file, which once opened, by a
local, unsuspecting user could lead to wireshark application crash.

References:
[1] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5912
    (upstream bug report)
[2] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=6335
    (public reproducer)
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
    (CVE request)
[4] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html
    (upstream advisory)

Upstream patch:
[5] http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37068
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-02 10:22:28 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the wireshark package, as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

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This issue affects the versions of the wireshark package, as shipped with
Fedora release of 13, 14, and 16.
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2011-06-03 05:18:56 UTC 
Note:
This issue is only specific to the snoop capture file format and does not appear to be triggered by any other formats wireshark supports.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-04-23 16:52:15 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 6 Vincent Danen 2012-04-23 17:38:19 UTC 
Current Fedora has wireshark 1.4.12, which is not affected by this flaw.
Comment 8 Murray McAllister 2012-10-03 04:27:59 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 05:00:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0125 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
Comment 12 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-01-08 09:04:31 UTC 
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