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Gentoo: GLSA-201110-02 Normal: Wireshark Remote Code Execution Threat

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Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark could result in remote code execution or Denial of Service; upgrade now.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote code execution Denial of Service normal severity Wireshark

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.4.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2283 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2283 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2284 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2284 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-2285 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2285 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-2286 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2286 [ 5 ] CVE-2010-2287 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2287 [ 6 ] CVE-2010-2992 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2992 [ 7 ] CVE-2010-2993 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2993 [ 8 ] CVE-2010-2994 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2994 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-2995 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2995 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-3133 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3133 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-3445 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3445 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-4300 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4300 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-4301 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-02
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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: October 09, 2011
Bugs: #323859, #330479, #339401, #346191, #350551, #354197,
ID: 201110-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution remote code execution Denial of Service normal severity Wireshark

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.4.9 >= 1.4.9

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark, entice a user to open a malformed packet trace file using Wireshark, or deploy a specially crafted Lua script for use by Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.