Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark



| Updated: 2022-03-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2011-1143
CVE-2011-1590
CWE-ID CWE-20
CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU45259

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1143

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686
    wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686

src:
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64
    wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-71.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU45101

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1590

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686
    wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.i686

src:
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64
    wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64
    wireshark-1.2.15-2.10.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-71.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



###SIDEBAR###