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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-52
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 28, 2014
     Bugs: #522968, #529100
       ID: 201412-52

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

Background
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.12.2"

References
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[  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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-52

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/