Debian Security Advisory

DLA-595-1 wireshark -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Aug 2016

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-6504, CVE-2016-6505, CVE-2016-6506, CVE-2016-6507, CVE-2016-6508, CVE-2016-6509, CVE-2016-6510, CVE-2016-6511.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS