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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201510-03
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: October 31, 2015
     Bugs: #536034, #542206, #548898, #549432, #552434, #557522
       ID: 201510-03

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing
attackers to cause Denial of Service condition.

Background
==========

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/wireshark       < 1.12.7                  >= 1.12.7

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.12.7"

References
==========

[  1 ] CVE-2015-2187
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2187
[  2 ] CVE-2015-2188
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2188
[  3 ] CVE-2015-2189
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2189
[  4 ] CVE-2015-2190
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2190
[  5 ] CVE-2015-2191
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2191
[  6 ] CVE-2015-2192
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2192
[  7 ] CVE-2015-3182
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3182
[  8 ] CVE-2015-3808
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3808
[  9 ] CVE-2015-3809
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3809
[ 10 ] CVE-2015-3810
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3810
[ 11 ] CVE-2015-3811
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3811
[ 12 ] CVE-2015-3812
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3812
[ 13 ] CVE-2015-3813
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3813
[ 14 ] CVE-2015-3814
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3814
[ 15 ] CVE-2015-3815
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3815
[ 16 ] CVE-2015-3906
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3906
[ 17 ] CVE-2015-4651
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4651
[ 18 ] CVE-2015-4652
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4652

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 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