Debian Security Advisory DSA 2590-1 (wireshark - several vulnerabilities)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Bjorn Mork and Laurent Butti discovered crashes in the PPP and RTPS2 dissectors, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.
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 the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze8. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
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