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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-21 ] Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:59:15
Message-Id: 67C8FB26-2009-471C-8BF8-E235DE8900E4@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 09, 2021
10 Bugs: #767907, #775323, #784899, #793968
11 ID: 202107-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, the worst of
19 which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 3.4.6 >= 3.4.6
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.4.6"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-22173
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22173
63 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-22174
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22174
65 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-22191
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22191
67 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-22207
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22207
69 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-22222
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22222
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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