RHSA-2009:0313Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update

Published
March 4, 2009
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (10)

CVE-2008-4680 →CVE-2008-4681 →CVE-2008-4682 →CVE-2008-4683 →CVE-2008-4684 →CVE-2008-4685 →CVE-2008-5285 →CVE-2008-6472 →CVE-2009-0599 →CVE-2009-0600 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-4680 — wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) via malformed USB Request Block (URB). CVE-2008-4681 — wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector via unknown packets CVE-2008-4682 — wireshark: DoS (app abort) via a malformed .ncf file with an unknown/unexpected packet type CVE-2008-4683 — wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Bluetooth ACL dissector via a packet with an invalid length CVE-2008-4684 — wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector CVE-2008-4685 — wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Q.931 dissector via certain packets CVE-2008-5285 — wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in SMTP dissector via large SMTP request CVE-2008-6472 — wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector CVE-2009-0599 — wireshark: buffer overflows in NetScreen snoop file reader CVE-2009-0600 — wireshark: denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Tektronix K12 text capture file

🎯 Affected products129

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el4_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.6-2.el5_3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (12)