GLSA-201006-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
High Nessus Plugin ID 46772
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201006-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the Daintree SNA file parser, the SMB, SMB2, IPMI, and DOCSIS dissectors. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.
Impact :
A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets or malformed packet trace files.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.2.8-r1'