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Debian DSA-2700-1 Critical: Wireshark Denial Of Service Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2013
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Debian's DSA-2700-1 advisory update resolved critical vulnerabilities in Wireshark, specifically targeting denial of service and arbitrary code execution threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for GTPv2, ASN.1 BER, PPP CCP, DCP ETSI, MPEG DSM-CC and Websocket, which could result in denial of service or the execut...
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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for GTPv2,
ASN.1 BER, PPP CCP, DCP ETSI, MPEG DSM-CC and Websocket, which could
result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2-5wheezy3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.7-1.

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-2013-3555 CVE-2013-3557 CVE-2013-3558 CVE-2013-3559

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