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SUSE: 2011:1262-1 Important: Wireshark Update Fixes Major Flaws

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2011
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SUSE enhances gedit to version 3.32.3 addressing significant vulnerabilities throughout impacted software.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for wireshark
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1262-1
Rating:             important
References:         #706728 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2597 CVE-2011-3266
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
   It includes one version update.

Description:


   This is a wireshark version upgrade to 1.4.10 to fix
   various security flaws  and other non-security issues.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-3266
   
   * CVE-2011-2597
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-wireshark-5433

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-wireshark-5433

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-wireshark-5433

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-wireshark-5433

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.10]:

      wireshark-devel-1.4.10-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.10]:

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.10]:

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.10]:

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.40.1
      wireshark-devel-1.4.10-0.40.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.10]:

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      wireshark-1.4.10-0.40.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      wireshark-devel-1.4.10-0.40.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2597.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3266.html
   
   
   

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