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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for wireshark (DLA-2849-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark' package(s) announced via the DLA-2849-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities were fixed in the network traffic analyzer Wireshark. CVE-2021-22207 Excessive memory consumption in the MS-WSP dissector. CVE-2021-22235 Crash in the DNP dissector. CVE-2021-39921 NULL pointer exception in the Modbus dissector. CVE-2021-39922 Buffer overflow in the C12.22 dissector. CVE-2021-39923 Large loop in the PNRP dissector. CVE-2021-39924 Large loop in the Bluetooth DHT dissector. CVE-2021-39925 Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth SDP dissector. CVE-2021-39928 NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 dissector. CVE-2021-39929 Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'wireshark' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.