Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 637
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 637

Debian: DSA-4217-1 Moderate: Wireshark Denial of Service

debian
Calendar Grey June 3, 2018
Debian Logo
The security notice DSA-4217-1 regarding Wireshark highlights several flaws that could result in denial of service incidents.
It was discovered that Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for PCP, ADB, NBAP, UMTS MAC, IEEE 802.11, SIGCOMP, LDSS, GSM A D...

Summary

It was discovered that Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained
several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for PCP, ADB, NBAP, UMTS MAC,
IEEE 802.11, SIGCOMP, LDSS, GSM A DTAP and Q.931, which result in denial
of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u14.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u3.

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
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2018-9273 CVE-2018-7320 CVE-2018-7334 CVE-2018-7335

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here