metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200803-32">
  <title>Wireshark: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in
    Wireshark.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wireshark</product>
  <announced>March 24, 2008</announced>
  <revised>March 24, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>212149</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.99.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.99.8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP
    dissectors.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a
    malformed packet.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1070">CVE-2008-1070</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1071">CVE-2008-1071</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1072">CVE-2008-1072</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:18:33 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:01:15 +0000">
    mfleming
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:58:33 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>