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Gentoo update for wireshark
Secunia Advisory: SA29511
Release Date: 2008-03-25
Popularity: 2,378 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-2008-1070
CVE-2008-1071
CVE-2008-1072


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:
SA29156

Solution:
Update to "net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml

Other References:
SA29156:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29156/


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