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Synopsis:	Moderate: wireshark security update
Issue date:	2009-06-15
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-1210 CVE-2009-1268 CVE-2009-1269
                 CVE-2009-1829

A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a 
malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could 
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running 
Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210)

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-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829)

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to 
take effect.

SL 3.0.x

       SRPMS:
wireshark-1.0.8-EL3.1.src.rpm
       i386:
wireshark-1.0.8-EL3.1.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-EL3.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.8-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

       SRPMS:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm
       i386:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

       SRPMS:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.src.rpm
       i386:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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