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TITLE:
Wireshark LWRES Dissector Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38257

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38257/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors within the LWRES
dissector, which can be exploited to cause buffer overflows via
specially crafted network packets or by tricking a user into loading
a specially crafted capture file.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 0.9.15 to 1.0.10 and 1.2.0
to 1.2.5.

Note: Additionally, CVE-2009-4377 and CVE-2009-2563 have been fixed
in the Wireshark 1.0.11, which have previously been covered in:
SA35884
SA37842

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.11 or 1.2.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Babi.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA35884:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35884/

SA37842:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37842/

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