Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:292-1 (wireshark)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:292-1.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:292-1
Insight
Vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in wireshark, affecting DCERPC/NT dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace (CVE-2009-3550) and in wiretap/erf.c which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file (CVE-2009-3829). The wireshark package has been updated to fix these vulnerabilities. Update: Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products. Affected: 2008.0