<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200803-32"> <title>Wireshark: Denial of Service</title> <synopsis> Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">wireshark</product> <announced>2008-03-24</announced> <revised count="01">2008-03-24</revised> <bug>212149</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.99.8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.99.8</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a malformed packet. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1070">CVE-2008-1070</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1071">CVE-2008-1071</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1072">CVE-2008-1072</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-03-21T02:18:33Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-03-21T21:01:15Z"> mfleming </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-03-24T19:58:33Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>