[ GLSA 200803-32 ] Wireshark: Denial of Service

[Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>]

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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
========

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
===========

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
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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?
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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
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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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