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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-52 Normal: Wireshark Multiple DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey December 29, 2014
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Uncover several security flaws in Wireshark which could result in Denial of Service on Gentoo systems. Urgent update advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

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 network analyzer gentoo linux dos threat wireshark normal severity remote attackers

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.12.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-6421 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6421 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-6422 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6422 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-6423 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6423 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-6424 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6424 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-6425 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6425 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-6426 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6426 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-6427 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6427 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-6428 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6428 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-6429 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6429 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-6430 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6430 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-6431 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6431 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-6432 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6432

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-52
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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: December 28, 2014
Bugs: #522968, #529100
ID: 201412-52

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Topics Covered

security advisory network analyzer gentoo linux dos threat wireshark normal severity remote attackers

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.12.2 >= 1.12.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted packets.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.