Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200906-05 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark which allow for Denial of Service (application crash) or remote code execution. Versions less than 1.0.8 are affected.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-242 - 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. 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.
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