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Gentoo update for wireshark
Secunia Advisory: SA28288
Release Date: 2008-01-02
Popularity: 4,162 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6111
CVE-2007-6112
CVE-2007-6113
CVE-2007-6114
CVE-2007-6115
CVE-2007-6116
CVE-2007-6117
CVE-2007-6118
CVE-2007-6119
CVE-2007-6120
CVE-2007-6121
CVE-2007-6438
CVE-2007-6439
CVE-2007-6440
CVE-2007-6441
CVE-2007-6450
CVE-2007-6451


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for wireshark. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA27777

Solution:
Update to "net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.7" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml

Other References:
SA27777:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777/


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