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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-45 Critical: Wireshark Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Celestial exhibits numerous critical flaws enabling unauthorized code deployment or unexpected shutdowns. Immediate patching necessary.
Ethereal is vulnerable to numerous vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or abnormal termination.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-27 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: July 28, 2005 Bugs: #100316 ID: 200507-27

Synopsis ======= Ethereal is vulnerable to numerous vulnerabilities potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or abnormal termination.
Background ========= Ethereal is a feature-rich network protocol analyzer.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/ethereal < 0.10.12 >= 0.10.12
========== There are numerous vulnerabilities in versions of Ethereal prior to 0.10.12, including:
* The SMB dissector could overflow a buffer or exhaust memory (CAN-...

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