Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1226-1 wireshark -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
31 Dec 2017
Affected Packages:
wireshark
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-11408, CVE-2017-17083, CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17085.
More information:

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

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