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openSUSE: 2018:2587-1 Moderate: Wireshark Protocol Crashes

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An openSUSE update addresses three moderate security issues in Wireshark. Users should apply these updates promptly to ensure system safety. Follow the instructions to implement fixes:
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.17 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed (boo#1106514):

- CVE-2018-16058: Bluetooth AVDTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-44)

- CVE-2018-16056: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash

(wnpa-sec-2018-45)

- CVE-2018-16057: Radiotap dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-46)

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.17.html

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-2018-949=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

wireshark-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-debuginfo-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-debugsource-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-devel-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-ui-gtk-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-ui-gtk-debuginfo-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-ui-qt-2.2.17-47.1

wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-2.2.17-47.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16056.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16057.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16058.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106514

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2587-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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