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Debian: 3002-1 Moderate: Wireshark Denial of Service Risks and Update

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2014
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Uncover various flaws in Wireshark related to dissectors that may result in service disruption; critical patch now accessible.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for Catapult DCT2000, IrDA, GSM Management, RLC ASN.1 BER, which could result in denial of service

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for Catapult
DCT2000, IrDA, GSM Management, RLC ASN.1 BER, which could result in
denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2-5wheezy11.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162 CVE-2014-5163 CVE-2014-5164

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