Moderate: wireshark security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2006:0726-6
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2006-11-09
Last updated on:	2006-11-09
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20060726.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2006-4574 CVE-2006-4805 CVE-2006-5468 CVE-2006-5469 CVE-2006-5740

Details

New Wireshark packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now
available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic.

Several flaws were found in Wireshark's HTTP, WBXML, LDAP, and XOT protocol
dissectors. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed
packet off the network. (CVE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-5469,
CVE-2006-5740)

A single NULL byte heap based buffer overflow was found in Wireshark's MIME
Multipart dissector. Wireshark could crash or possibly execute arbitrary
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2006-4574)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages containing
Wireshark version 0.99.4, which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`4d59c60c99a374f67ffcb7392783549a`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f71c6c6b2c855f5576e907aeef50191e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`6861386ad3bbd70399012c74d7509e71`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`7bed2f6949e0764ecbd1363a69383b09`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`41685c568cb33f8a98648ca637a2d7a4`

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`b1a38e3fa8fd9c7c48a0656379ab7d8f`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`c928c01ee33bc8bb911a7b0cae309211`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`129275da7e12c989135c107493bfd1b6`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f6e29f056b7b6ec894ffa15f1e3c28a9`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`775d4bd277c4a86edf54c7b87c15f167`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0044a0fccca9671b0733bacd5953e56b`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`b74bd883b6fa0bd1c1aaa87fefb94f23`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`4240d003577952c65242b04388b664e6`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0b569ad061f9815fdb7a52959701852e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-AS21.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`f33a6afaf448d5be1a91da35a2699b41`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`4d59c60c99a374f67ffcb7392783549a`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f71c6c6b2c855f5576e907aeef50191e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`6861386ad3bbd70399012c74d7509e71`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`03e212be1a5dc7434628fa234c31bfc6`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`5744bab221aeb6f132e1038c6690347a`

PPC:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f20fd0fe2fd6aa43d504a7c237b6ee17`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`5c901cb605c1ce1868af805df479217f`

s390:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`01b7661dfef18533ba69210e66dc0b73`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`918a15ce4e05fe2be3556ed1e62c7d05`

s390x:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`8c93a7af1347075dbb663fcd26e2741d`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f44b0ee5d41d4ecd0622210fcf0ef6f4`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`7bed2f6949e0764ecbd1363a69383b09`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`41685c568cb33f8a98648ca637a2d7a4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`b1a38e3fa8fd9c7c48a0656379ab7d8f`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`c928c01ee33bc8bb911a7b0cae309211`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`129275da7e12c989135c107493bfd1b6`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`13015d70892b94b5c1ef57ad6c3d2a3e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`9d3e24a1f93e3439817eae3403293ed6`

PPC:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`b9b57ad476bf11236cc17db38c80011a`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`5c8e0feb48e0b59a7ee7db132f2d0d0d`

s390:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`2ee68666a5c43132ba15d72d6edcd40f`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`a0fe55b1d72438d52249191450eb833c`

s390x:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`807c2940f8091242fe13e6278ec7b4b2`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`005596f5c35bcef053c923be315a0610`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f6e29f056b7b6ec894ffa15f1e3c28a9`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`775d4bd277c4a86edf54c7b87c15f167`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0044a0fccca9671b0733bacd5953e56b`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`b74bd883b6fa0bd1c1aaa87fefb94f23`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`4240d003577952c65242b04388b664e6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`4d59c60c99a374f67ffcb7392783549a`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f71c6c6b2c855f5576e907aeef50191e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`6861386ad3bbd70399012c74d7509e71`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`03e212be1a5dc7434628fa234c31bfc6`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`5744bab221aeb6f132e1038c6690347a`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`7bed2f6949e0764ecbd1363a69383b09`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`41685c568cb33f8a98648ca637a2d7a4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`b1a38e3fa8fd9c7c48a0656379ab7d8f`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`c928c01ee33bc8bb911a7b0cae309211`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`129275da7e12c989135c107493bfd1b6`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`13015d70892b94b5c1ef57ad6c3d2a3e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`9d3e24a1f93e3439817eae3403293ed6`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f6e29f056b7b6ec894ffa15f1e3c28a9`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`775d4bd277c4a86edf54c7b87c15f167`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0044a0fccca9671b0733bacd5953e56b`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`b74bd883b6fa0bd1c1aaa87fefb94f23`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-AS21.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`4240d003577952c65242b04388b664e6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`4d59c60c99a374f67ffcb7392783549a`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f71c6c6b2c855f5576e907aeef50191e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`6861386ad3bbd70399012c74d7509e71`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`03e212be1a5dc7434628fa234c31bfc6`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`5744bab221aeb6f132e1038c6690347a`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`7bed2f6949e0764ecbd1363a69383b09`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`41685c568cb33f8a98648ca637a2d7a4`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`b1a38e3fa8fd9c7c48a0656379ab7d8f`

IA-32:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`c928c01ee33bc8bb911a7b0cae309211`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`129275da7e12c989135c107493bfd1b6`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`13015d70892b94b5c1ef57ad6c3d2a3e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`9d3e24a1f93e3439817eae3403293ed6`

x86_64:
wireshark-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`f6e29f056b7b6ec894ffa15f1e3c28a9`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1100	`775d4bd277c4a86edf54c7b87c15f167`

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0044a0fccca9671b0733bacd5953e56b`

IA-64:
wireshark-0.99.4-AS21.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`0b569ad061f9815fdb7a52959701852e`
wireshark-gnome-0.99.4-AS21.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2007:0066	`f33a6afaf448d5be1a91da35a2699b41`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

211993 - CVE-2006-4574 Multiple Wireshark issues (CVE-2006-4805, CVE-2006-5468, CVE-2006-5469, CVE-2006-5740)

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4574
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4805
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5469
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5740
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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