GLSA 201412-52: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/28/2014
Bugs:	#522968, #529100
ID:	201412-52

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/wireshark	< 1.12.2	>= 1.12.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted packets.

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-1.12.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-52.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.