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openSUSE Leap 42.3 & 15.0: 2018:1428-1 Moderate: Wireshark Dissector Issues

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security patch has been released for Wireshark, tackling 6 vulnerabilities categorized as moderate severity in both openSUSE Leap 42.3 and 15.0.
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or

cause excessive memory use by making Wireshark read specially crafted

packages from the network or capture files (boo#1094301):

- CVE-2018-11356: DNS dissector crash

- CVE-2018-11357: Multiple dissectors could consume excessive memory

- CVE-2018-11358: Q.931 dissector crash

- CVE-2018-11359: The RRC dissector and other dissectors could crash

- CVE-2018-11360: GSM A DTAP dissector crash

- CVE-2018-11362: LDSS dissector crash

This update to version 2.4.7 also contains bug fixes and updated protocol

support as listed in:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.7.html

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory issue dissector crash wireshark openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-520=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-520=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

wireshark-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-debuginfo-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-debugsource-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-devel-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-ui-gtk-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-ui-gtk-debuginfo-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-ui-qt-2.2.15-41.1

wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-2.2.15-41.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

libwireshark9-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwireshark9-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwiretap7-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwiretap7-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwscodecs1-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwscodecs1-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwsutil8-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

libwsutil8-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-debugsource-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-devel-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-ui-qt-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-2.4.7-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11356.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11357.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11358.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11359.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11360.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11362.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094301

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1428-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory issue dissector crash wireshark openSUSE

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