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Gentoo: 202101-12 Moderate Severity: Wireshark Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws detected within Wireshark may result in Denial of Service; users are recommended to apply the latest updates.
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update wireshark normal severity

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.4.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-26418 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26418 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-26419 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26419 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-26420 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26420 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-26421 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26421 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-26422 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26422

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12
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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: January 22, 2021
Bugs: #759541, #760800
ID: 202101-12

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Topics Covered

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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 < 3.4.2 >= 3.4.2

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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