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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201409-01 ] Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:09:24
Message-Id: 540495EA.9040502@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 01, 2014
10 Bugs: #519014
11 ID: 201409-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow
19 remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
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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 < 1.10.9 >= 1.10.9
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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 A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.9"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-5161
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5161
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-5162
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5162
66 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-5163
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5163
68 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-5164
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5164
70 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-5165
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5165
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-01.xml
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
97 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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99 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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