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ELSA-2013-0125 Moderate: Oracle Linux wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2013-0125 Moderate: Oracle Linux wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/11/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/18/2013
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

wiretap/iptrace.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in an AIX iptrace file.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-wireshark
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-wireshark-gnome

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