DSA-3049-1 wireshark -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3049-1 wireshark -- security update

Date Reported:

14 Oct 2014

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-6422, CVE-2014-6423, CVE-2014-6424, CVE-2014-6427, CVE-2014-6428, CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for RTP, MEGACO, Netflow, RTSP, SES and Sniffer, which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy12.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.