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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3615-1 (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
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for PKTC, IAX2, GSM CBCH and NCP, SPOOLS, IEEE 802.11, UMTS FP, USB, Toshiba, CoSine, NetScreen, WBXML which could result in denial of service or potentially 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 (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u7. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.