National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2563

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.0.6 through 1.2.0, when running on unspecified platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/20/2010)

The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0360.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1970

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html

External Source: BID

Name: 35748

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090917 Re: Wireshark - wnpa-sec-2009-05.html && wnpa-sec-2009-06.html -- CVE confirmation and CVE Request

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090917 Re: Wireshark - wnpa-sec-2009-05.html && wnpa-sec-2009-06.html -- CVE confirmation and CVE Request

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090917 Wireshark - wnpa-sec-2009-05.html && wnpa-sec-2009-06.html -- CVE confirmation and CVE Request

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/15

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:031

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:194

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:194

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35884

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35884

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6321

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6321

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11210

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11210

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6321

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6321

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11210

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11210