Pardus alert 2011-50 (wireshark)

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Meltem Parmaksız <meltem@pardus.org.tr> 
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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-50] Wireshark: Buffer Overflow 
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Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:19:08 +0200
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-50            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-02-28
  Severity: 2
      Type: Local
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been fixed in wireshark, which can  be  exploit  by 
malicious people to cause a denial of service or to execute code. 


Description
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CVE-2011-0713: 

An attacker can invite the victim to open a DCT3 capture with Wireshark,
in order to create an overflow, leading to a denial of  service  or  to 
code execution. 


Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    wireshark, all before 1.4.3-41-18
  Pardus 2011:
    wireshark, all before 1.4.3-42-p11


Resolution
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There are update(s) for wireshark. You  can  update  them  via  Package 
Manager or with a single command from console: 

  Pardus 2009:
    pisi up wireshark

  Pardus 2011:
    pisi up wireshark


References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16989
  * http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Wireshark-buffer-overfl...
dct3trace-10374

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