Gentoo FoundationMGASA-2016-0391Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
76.7%
The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.0.8, which fixes several security issues where a malformed packet trace could cause it to crash or go into an infinite loop, and fixes several other bugs as well. See the release notes for details.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mageia | 5 | noarch | wireshark | < 2.0.8-1 | wireshark-2.0.8-1.mga5 |
References
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19806
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.8.html
www.wireshark.org/news/20161116.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-59.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-61.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
76.7%