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Gentoo: GLSA-201510-03 Normal: Wireshark Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Wireshark noted in Gentoo alert, posing risks of DOS attacks. Users advised to implement critical updates swiftly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing attackers to cause 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 denial of service gentoo wireshark normal severity

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.12.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2187 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2187 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2188 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2188 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-2189 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2189 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-2190 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2190 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-2191 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2191 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-2192 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2192 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-3182 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3182 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-3808 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3808 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-3809 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3809 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-3810 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3810 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-3811 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3811 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-3812 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3812 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-3813 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/201510-03
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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 31, 2015
Bugs: #536034, #542206, #548898, #549432, #552434, #557522
ID: 201510-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo wireshark normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing attackers to cause Denial of Service condition.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.12.7 >= 1.12.7

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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