Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092

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rPath Security Advisory 2008-0092-1

Published: 2008-02-29

Products

• rPath Linux 1

Rating

Major

Exposure Level Classification

Indirect User Deterministic Denial of Service

Updated Versions

• tshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/0.99.8-0.1-1
• wireshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/0.99.8-0.1-1

rPath Issue Tracking System

• RPL-2296

References

• CVE-2008-1070
• CVE-2008-1071
• CVE-2008-1072

Description

Previous versions of the wireshark package are vulnerable

to multiple types of Denial of Service attacks, including

crashes and excessive memory consumption. It has not been

determined that these vulnerabilities can be exploited to

execute malicious code.

Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc. This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html