Wireshark is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/29156
secunia.com/advisories/29188
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secunia.com/advisories/29242
secunia.com/advisories/29511
secunia.com/advisories/29736
secunia.com/advisories/32091
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
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www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
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www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
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www.wireshark.org/security/
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issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14995
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www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html