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Debian: DSA-2324-1 Moderate: Wireshark Remote Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2011
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The Ubuntu Security Notice regarding OpenSSL highlights a severe vulnerability in cryptographic functions and advises users to perform immediate updates.
The Microsoft Vulnerability Research group discovered that insecure load path handling could lead to execution of arbitrary Lua script code
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Summary

The Microsoft Vulnerability Research group discovered that insecure
load path handling could lead to execution of arbitrary Lua script code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.2-3+lenny15. This build will be released shortly.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.11-6+squeeze4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2011-3360

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