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[ GLSA 200803-32 ] Wireshark: Denial of Service
From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:55:06 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Wireshark: Denial of Service Date: March 24, 2008 Bugs: #212149 ID: 200803-32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Background ========== Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 0.99.8 >= 0.99.8 Description =========== Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. Impact ====== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a malformed packet. Workaround ========== Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. Resolution ========== All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1070 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1070 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-1071 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1071 [ 3 ] CVE-2008-1072 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1072 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6BUquhJ+ozIKI5gRApGzAJ4lfbH9WHNkx9aN7wQJy7BTPwV73gCfSoY+ lAHeENYUVycUipIjSerYOhw= =Hh+U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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