| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark
announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-216.
Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems.
This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering
library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and
documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged
separately to GTK+ package.
Update Information:
- multiple security issues fixed (#227140)
- CVE-2007-0459 - The TCP dissector could hang or crash
while reassembling HTTP packets
- CVE-2007-0459 - The HTTP dissector could crash.
- CVE-2007-0457 - On some systems, the IEEE 802.11 dissector
could crash.
- CVE-2007-0456 - On some systems, the LLT dissector could
crash.
* Mon Feb 5 2007 Radek Vokál 0.99.5-1
- multiple security issues fixed (#227140)
- CVE-2007-0459 - The TCP dissector could hang or crash while reassembling HTTP packets
- CVE-2007-0459 - The HTTP dissector could crash.
- CVE-2007-0457 - On some systems, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash.
- CVE-2007-0456 - On some systems, the LLT dissector could crash.
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-216
Risk factor : Medium
CVSS Score:
5.0
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