Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges and remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
Package | net-analyzer/wireshark on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.0.2 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.0.2 |
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.
Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackers could escalate privileges.
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-2.0.2"