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Gentoo: GLSA-201006-05 Normal: Wireshark Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2010
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202305-12 highlights various security issues in Wireshark categorized as medium severity. Update is advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the Daintree SNA file parser, the SMB, SMB2, IPMI, and DOCSIS dissectors. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo network analyzer arbitrary code wireshark normal severity

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.2.8-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-4376 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4376 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-4377 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4377 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-4378 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4378 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-1455 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1455

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-05
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 01, 2010
Bugs: #297388, #318935
ID: 201006-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo network analyzer arbitrary code wireshark normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark.

Background

Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.2.8-r1 >= 1.2.8-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets or malformed packet trace files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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