Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service. wireshark 2014-12-28 2014-12-28: 1 522968 529100 remote 1.12.2 1.12.2

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted packets.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.12.2"

CVE-2014-6421 CVE-2014-6422 CVE-2014-6423 CVE-2014-6424 CVE-2014-6425 CVE-2014-6426 CVE-2014-6427 CVE-2014-6428 CVE-2014-6429 CVE-2014-6430 CVE-2014-6431 CVE-2014-6432 Zlogene Zlogene