Debian: DSA-3615-1: wireshark security update

Date 02 Jul 2016

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

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.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3615-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
July 02, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : wireshark
CVE ID : CVE-2016-5350 CVE-2016-5351 CVE-2016-5353 CVE-2016-5354
CVE-2016-5355 CVE-2016-5356 CVE-2016-5357 CVE-2016-5359

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.

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.

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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
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