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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1729-1] 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
The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark' package(s) announced via the DSA-1729-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been found in wireshark, a network traffic analyzer. CVE-2019-9209: Preventing the crash of the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors by avoiding a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values. CVE-2017-9349: Fixing an infinite loop in the DICOM dissector by validating a length value. CVE-2017-9344: Avoid a divide by zero, by validating an interval value in the Bluetooth L2CAP 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 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u18. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.