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rPath Security Advisory 2008-0237-1

Published: 2008-07-28

Products

  • rPath Linux 1

Rating

Minor

Exposure Level Classification

Indirect Deterministic Denial of Service

Updated Versions

  • tshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.0.2-0.1-1
  • wireshark=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.0.2-0.1-1

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References

Description

Previous versions of the wireshark package are vulnerable to a Denial
of Service attack in which malformed packets may cause the application
to crash. It has not been determined that this vulnerability 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