Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212

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rPath Security Advisory 2008-0212-1

Published: 2008-07-03

Products

• rPath Linux 1

Rating

Major

Exposure Level Classification

Indirect Deterministic Information Exposure

Updated Versions

• tshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.0.1-0.1-1
• wireshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.0.1-0.1-1

rPath Issue Tracking System

• RPL-2638

Description

Previous versions of the wireshark package are vulnerable to multiple

types of attacks, including Information Exposures (disclosures of system

memory) and Denials of service (application crashes). 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