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Debian: DSA-2792-1 Critical: Wireshark Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2013
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Critical Wireshark revision from Debian resolves several service complications subsequent to DSA-2792-1 notice.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for IEEE 802.15.4, NBAP, SIP and TCP, which could result in denial of service
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Summary

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is only affected by CVE-2013-6340.
This problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze13.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2-5wheezy7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.10.3-1.

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-2013-6336 CVE-2013-6337 CVE-2013-6338 CVE-2013-6340

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