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Gentoo: GLSA-202304-12 Normal: OpenSSL Vulnerability Mitigation Advisory

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Wireshark encounters various problems outlined in Gentoo notice of standard importance; update advised for security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.4.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-26575 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26575 [ 2 ] wnpa-sec-2020-14 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-14 [ 3 ] wnpa-sec-2020-15 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-15

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-08
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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: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #750692
ID: 202011-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, the worst of which could result in a 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 < 3.4.0 >= 3.4.0

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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