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Gentoo: GLSA 201308-05:02 High Severity: Wireshark Multiple Issues

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2013
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Critical warning issued for Gentoo users regarding several vulnerabilities in Wireshark necessitating immediate action.
The references section of the original advisory contained wrong CVE references

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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0041 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0041 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-0042 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0042 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-0043 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0043 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-0066 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0066 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-0067 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0067 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-0068 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0068 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-3548 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3548 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-4048 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4048 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-4049 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4049 [ 10 ] CVE-2012-4285 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4285 [ 11 ] CVE-2012-4286 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4286 [ 12 ] CVE-2012-4287 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4287 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-4288 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/201308-05
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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: High
Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 28, 2013
Bugs: #398549, #427964, #431572, #433990, #470262, #472762, #478694
ID: 201308-05:02

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