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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1118-1 Moderate: Wireshark Infinite Loop Fix

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2021
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openSUSE Security Patch for Wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:1119-1) introduces corrections for the SCTP dissector.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Description

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Update wireshark to 3.4.6.

Including a fix for:

- DVB-S2-BB dissector infinite loop (bsc#1186790).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate infinite loop wireshark openSUSE DVB-S2-BB

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1118=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libwireshark14-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

libwireshark14-debuginfo-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

libwiretap11-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

libwiretap11-debuginfo-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

libwsutil12-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

libwsutil12-debuginfo-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-debuginfo-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-debugsource-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-devel-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-ui-qt-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-3.4.6-lp152.2.15.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186790

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1118-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate infinite loop wireshark openSUSE DVB-S2-BB

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