Debian: DSA-3811-1 Critical: Wireshark Denial-of-Service Risk
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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 ...
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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/
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Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 CVE-2017-6014 CVE-2017-6467
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