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Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0282 Moderate: Wireshark Infinite Loop Fix

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent wireguard updates have resolved a critical security flaw associated with an endless looping error in the Gryphon parser. Find additional information here.
Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability: The Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop

Summary

Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability: The Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop. For other fixes in this update, see the referenced releasenotes.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25436

- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-21

- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.0.4.html

- https://www.wireshark.org/news/20190911.html

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update patch infinite loop wireshark Mageia dissector

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/wireshark-3.0.4-1.mga7

Publication date: 15 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0282.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update patch infinite loop wireshark Mageia dissector

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