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Gentoo: GLSA 202309-02 Low Severity: Wireshark Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo warns of low-severity vulnerabilities in Wireshark that may result in DoS attacks. Users should upgrade to the latest stable version for security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, the worst of which could result in 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 software update network analyzer low severity wireshark

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-4.0.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-3725 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3725 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-0666 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0666 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-0667 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0667 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-0668 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0668 [ 5 ] CVE-2023-1161 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1161 [ 6 ] CVE-2023-1992 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1992 [ 7 ] CVE-2023-1993 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1993 [ 8 ] CVE-2023-1994 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1994 [ 9 ] CVE-2023-2854 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2854 [ 10 ] CVE-2023-2855 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2855 [ 11 ] CVE-2023-2856 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2856 [ 12 ] CVE-2023-2857 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2857 [ 13 ] CVE-2023-2858 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2858 [ 14 ] CVE-2023-2879 https://nvd.nist....

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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/202309-02
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 17, 2023
Bugs: #878421, #899548, #904248, #907133
ID: 202309-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update network analyzer low severity wireshark

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------------- ------------ ------------ net-analyzer/wireshark < 4.0.6 >= 4.0.6

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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