metadata/glsa/glsa-201409-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201409-01">
  <title>Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could
    allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wireshark</product>
  <announced>September 01, 2014</announced>
  <revised>September 01, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>519014</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.10.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.10.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please
      review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. 
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially
      crafted packets. 
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.9"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5161">CVE-2014-5161</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5162">CVE-2014-5162</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5163">CVE-2014-5163</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5164">CVE-2014-5164</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5165">CVE-2014-5165</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:18:05 +0000">K_F</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:52:10 +0000">K_F</metadata>
</glsa>