GLSA 201510-03: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/31/2015
Bugs:	#536034, #542206, #548898, #549432, #552434, #557522
ID:	201510-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing attackers to cause Denial of Service condition.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/wireshark	< 1.12.7	>= 1.12.7	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-1.12.7"
    

References

• CVE-2015-2187
• CVE-2015-2188
• CVE-2015-2189
• CVE-2015-2190
• CVE-2015-2191
• CVE-2015-2192
• CVE-2015-3182
• CVE-2015-3808
• CVE-2015-3809
• CVE-2015-3810
• CVE-2015-3811
• CVE-2015-3812
• CVE-2015-3813
• CVE-2015-3814
• CVE-2015-3815
• CVE-2015-3906
• CVE-2015-4651
• CVE-2015-4652

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201510-03.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.

License

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