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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1451-1] wireshark security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

CVE-2018-14339 CVE-2018-14340 CVE-2018-14341 CVE-2018-14342 CVE-2018-14343 CVE-2018-14368 CVE-2018-14369 Due to several flaws different dissectors could go in infinite loop or could be crashed by malicious packets.

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+deb8u15. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.