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Fedora update for wireshark

Secunia Advisory: SA31085  
Release Date: 2008-07-15
Last Update: 2008-07-23

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 8
Fedora 9


CVE reference:CVE-2008-3137 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-3138 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-3139 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-3140 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-3141 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-3145 (Secunia mirror)

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

For more information:
SA30886
SA31044

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update wireshark").

Changelog:
2008-07-23: Added Fedora 8 as affected. Added link to "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00798.html

Other References:
SA30886:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886/

SA31044:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31044/



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