Full Disclosure: rPSA-2008-0212-1 tshark wireshark

From: rPath Update Announcements <announce-noreply_at_rpath.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:05:45 -0400

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_at_rpl:1/1.0.1-0.1-1
    wireshark=conary.rpath.com_at_rpl:1/1.0.1-0.1-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/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.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212

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

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Received on Jul 03 2008