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openSUSE: 2023:4938-1 Moderate: Wireshark File Parser Crash

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Calendar Grey December 20, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A recent security bulletin for Wireshark outlines an update that resolves a crash vulnerability of moderate impact affecting multiple releases of openSUSE.
This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: Update to 3.6.19:

Description

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Update to 3.6.19:

* CVE-2023-6175: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#1217272).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity crash fix network analysis Wireshark openSUSE file parser

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4938=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4938=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4938=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4938=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-4938=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-4938=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* wireshark-debugsource-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwsutil13-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwsutil13-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwiretap12-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwiretap12-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwireshark15-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-devel-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwireshark15-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* wireshark-debugsource-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwsutil13-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwsutil13-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwiretap12-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwiretap12-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* libwireshark15-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

* wireshark-debuginfo-3.6.19-150000.3.106.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1217272

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6175.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217272

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4938-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity crash fix network analysis Wireshark openSUSE file parser

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