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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4060-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 09, 2017                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wireshark
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-11408 CVE-2017-13766 CVE-2017-17083 CVE-2017-17084 
                 CVE-2017-17085

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained
several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA,
NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u12.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark

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-4060-1: wireshark security update

December 9, 2017
It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which ...

Summary

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained
several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA,
NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u12.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark

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/



Severity
Package : wireshark
CVE ID : CVE-2017-11408 CVE-2017-13766 CVE-2017-17083 CVE-2017-17084

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