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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-32
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Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Denial of Service
Date: March 24, 2008
Bugs: #212149
ID: 200803-32
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Synopsis
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Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in
Wireshark.
Background
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 0.99.8 >= 0.99.8
Description
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Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP
dissectors.
Impact
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A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a
malformed packet.
Workaround
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Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.
Resolution
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8"
References
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[ 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
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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 (at) gentoo (dot) org [email concealed] 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
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