Debian DSA-3648-1 Critical: Wireshark Denial of Service Advisory
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August 12, 2016
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in denial of service or the execution of ar...
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Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS,
PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in
denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u8.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.0.5+ga3be9c6-1.
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: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2016-6504 CVE-2016-6505 CVE-2016-6506 CVE-2016-6507
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