Stephen Fisher wrote: > On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Richard Brooks wrote: > >> Hello Bill, in my last email I neglected to add the Secunia report >> information you asked for. > > Your screenshots show that you're running Wireshark v1.2.5 with GTK+ > 2.16.2. I don't see anything that says "security" in the release > notes (news) for GTK+ from v2.16.2 -> the latest 2.16, which is 2.16.6: > > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.16/gtk+-2.16.6.news > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.16/gtk+-2.16.5.news > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.16/gtk+-2.16.4.news > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.16/gtk+-2.16.3.news > > This is still something worth looking into. I see that GTK+ 2.18.x is > the current stable maintained branch, while 2.16.x is "old" but "but > in some respects more stable" (http://www.gtk.org/download- > windows.html). > > > Steve
Going one level deeper: It turns out the the Secunia Security ID which is being reported is SA37852: GTK+ "gdk_window_begin_implicit_paint()" Foreign Windows Weakness. http://secunia.com/advisories/37852/ Among other things the advisory says "fixed in GTK 2.18.5". The security level is reported as "not criotical" ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
