Summary

Name:Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark® version 0.9.0 to 1.2.4

Docid: wnpa-sec-2009-09

Date: December 17, 2009

Versions affected: 0.9.0 up to and including 1.2.4

Details

Description

Wireshark 1.2.5 fixes the following vulnerabilities:

• The Daintree SNA file parser could overflow a buffer. (Bug 4294)
  Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.4
• The SMB and SMB2 dissectors could crash. (Bug 4301)
  Versions affected: 0.9.0 to 1.2.4
• The IPMI dissector could crash on Windows. (Bug 4319)
  Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.4

Impact

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash remotely or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Resolution

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.5 or later. Due to the nature of the Daintree SNA vulnerability, there is no workaround.