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Gentoo: 201604-05 Moderate: Wireshark Local Escalation and Remote DoS

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Wireshark could lead to local privilege elevation and remote denial-of-service incidents. Update is strongly advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges and 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 denial of service gentoo vulnerability network analyzer local escalation wireshark

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-2.0.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8711 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8711 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8712 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8712 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-8713 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8713 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-8714 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8714 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-8715 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8715 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-8716 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8716 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-8717 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8717 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-8718 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8718 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-8719 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8719 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-8720 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8720 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-8721 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8721 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-8722 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8722 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-8723 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/201604-05
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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: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 26, 2016
Bugs: #570564, #575780
ID: 201604-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo vulnerability network analyzer local escalation wireshark

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges and 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 < 2.0.2 >= 2.0.2

Impact

===== Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackerscould escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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