Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-5339 (wireshark)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5339.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update wireshark' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-5339
Insight
This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged separately to GTK+ package. Update Information: Upgrade to 1.0.8 fixes various security flaws. http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-02.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html ChangeLog: * Fri May 22 2009 Radek Vokal 1.0.8-1 - upgrade to 1.0.8 - several security flaws fixed * Fri Apr 10 2009 Radek Vokal 1.0.7-1 - upgrade to 1.0.7 - Several security vulnerabilities have been fixed (Profinet, CPHAP and LDAP dissectors could crash)
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