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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark opened a specially crafted capture file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2011-0024)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2010-3445, CVE-2011-0538, CVE-2011-1139, CVE-2011-1140, CVE-2011-1141, CVE-2011-1143)
All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.