Debian: DSA-2201-1 Critical: Wireshark Remote Access Risks
debian
March 23, 2011
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, Joernchen, and Xiaopeng Zhang discovered several vulnerabilities in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer
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Summary
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, Joernchen, and Xiaopeng Zhang discovered several
vulnerabilities in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer.
Vulnerabilities in the DCT3, LDAP and SMB dissectors and in the code to
parse pcag-ng files could lead to denial of service or the execution of
arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.2-3+lenny13.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.11-6+squeeze1
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2011-0538 CVE-2011-0713 CVE-2011-1139 CVE-2011-1140 CVE-2011-1141
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