GLSA 201006-05: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/01/2010
Bugs:	#297388, #318935
ID:	201006-05

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark.

Background

Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/wireshark	< 1.2.8-r1	>= 1.2.8-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the Daintree SNA file parser, the SMB, SMB2, IPMI, and DOCSIS dissectors. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets or malformed packet trace files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.2.8-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-05.xml

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.