Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark. The first is a vulnerability in the SMTP dissector that could cause it to consume excessive CPU and memory via a long SMTP request (CVE-2008-5285).
The second is an issue with the WLCCP dissector that could cause it to go into an infinite loop.
This update also provides a patch to fix a potential freeze during capture interface selection.
This update provides Wireshark 1.0.5, which is not vulnerable to these issues.
Affected
wireshark on Mandriva Linux 2008.1,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5285 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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