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openSUSE: 2025:01968-1 moderate: wireshark dissection crash

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2025
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SUSE releases a significant patch for wireshark resolving a dissection engine error. Maintain your security!
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-5601: Dissection engine crash (bsc#1244081).

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security advisory moderate wireshark openSUSE dissection crash CVE-2025-5601

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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1968=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1968=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1968=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-1968=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1968=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-1968=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* wireshark-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-debugsource-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwireshark17-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwsutil15-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwsutil15-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwiretap14-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwiretap14-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwireshark17-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-devel-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* wireshark-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-debugsource-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwireshark17-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwsutil15-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwsutil15-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwiretap14-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwiretap14-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* wireshark-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* libwireshark17-debuginfo-4.2.12-150600.18.23.1

* Basesystem Module...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1244081

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5601.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244081

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01968-1
Release Date: 2025-06-16T14:56:59Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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security advisory moderate wireshark openSUSE dissection crash CVE-2025-5601

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