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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5559-1 wireshark -- security update

Date Reported:

19 Nov 2023

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-6174, CVE-2023-6175.

More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in the SSH dissector of Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.11-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark