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Gentoo update for wireshark
Secunia Advisory: SA31378
Release Date: 2008-08-06
Popularity: 1,891 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3137
CVE-2008-3138
CVE-2008-3139
CVE-2008-3140
CVE-2008-3141
CVE-2008-3145


Description:
Gentoo 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:
Update to "net-analyzer/wireshark-1.0.2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml

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

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


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