SUSE update for wireshark

by Carol~ Moderator - 4/26/12 9:30 AM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - April 26, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-04-26

Criticality level : Moderately critical
Impact : DoS
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Vendor Patch

Operating System: openSUSE 11.4
openSUSE 12.1

Description:
SUSE has issued an update for wireshark. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

Original Advisory:
openSUSE-SU-2012:0558-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/48986/