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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1645-1] wireshark security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several issues in wireshark, a network traffic analyzer, have been found. Dissectors of - ISAKMP, a Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol - P_MUL, a reliable multicast transfer protocol - 6LoWPAN, IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Network are affected. CVE-2019-5719 Mateusz Jurczyk found that a missing encryption block in a packet could crash the ISAKMP dissector. CVE-2019-5717 It was found that the P_MUL dissector could crash when a malformed packet contains an illegal Data PDU sequence number of 0. Such a packet may not be analysed. CVE-2019-5716 It was found that the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash when a malformed packet does not contain IPHC information though the header says it should.
Affected Software
Affected Software
wireshark on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u17. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.