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ELSA-2014-0341 Moderate: Oracle Linux wireshark security update

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ELSA-2014-0341 Moderate: Oracle Linux wireshark security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/11/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/01/2014
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large record in MPEG data.

Solution(s)

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

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