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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202402-09
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 Severity: Low
    Title: Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: February 04, 2024
     Bugs: #915224, #917421
       ID: 202402-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities have been discovered in
Wireshark.

Background
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Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

Affected packages
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Package                 Vulnerable    Unaffected
----------------------  ------------  ------------
net-analyzer/wireshark  < 4.0.11      >= 4.0.11

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

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-4.0.11"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5371
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5371
[ 2 ] CVE-2023-6174
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6174
[ 3 ] WNPA-SEC-2023-27
[ 4 ] WNPA-SEC-2023-28

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-09

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5