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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:0754-1 Important: Wireshark Stack Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
SUSE provides a vital patch for Wireshark to address serious security flaws and avert system failures for enhanced protection.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Update to version 4.2.11:

* CVE-2025-1492: uncontrolled recursion leading to a stack buffer overflow can

cause Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector to crash (bsc#1237414).

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-2025-754=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-754=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-754=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-754=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libwiretap14-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwsutil15-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwsutil15-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwireshark17-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-debugsource-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-devel-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwiretap14-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwireshark17-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

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

* libwiretap14-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwsutil15-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwsutil15-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwireshark17-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* wireshark-debugsource-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwiretap14-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* libwireshark17-debuginfo-4.2.11-150600.18.20.1

* Desktop...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1237414

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1492.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237414

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0754-1
Release Date: 2025-02-28T16:31:33Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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