Gentoo: GLSA-200803-32: Wireshark: Denial of Service
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: Wireshark: Denial of Service Date: March 24, 2008 Bugs: #212149 ID: 200803-32
Synopsis ======= Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark.
Background ========= Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 0.99.8 >= 0.99.8
========== Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a malformed packet.
Workaround ========= Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.
Resolution ========= All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1070 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1070 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-1071 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1071 [ 3 ] CVE-2008-1072 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1072
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-32
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
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