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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3811-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 18, 2017                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wireshark
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 CVE-2017-6014 CVE-2017-6467 
                 CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471 
                 CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained
several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for ASTERIX , DHCPv6,
NetScaler, LDSS, IAX2, WSP, K12 and STANAG 4607, that could lead to
various crashes, denial-of-service or execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3811-1: wireshark security update

March 18, 2017
It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for ASTERIX , DHCPv6, NetScaler, LDSS, IAX2, WSP, K12 and STANAG ...

Summary

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained
several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for ASTERIX , DHCPv6,
NetScaler, LDSS, IAX2, WSP, K12 and STANAG 4607, that could lead to
various crashes, denial-of-service or execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : wireshark
CVE ID : CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 CVE-2017-6014 CVE-2017-6467
CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471
CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474

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