DSA-3210-1 wireshark -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3210-1 wireshark -- security update

Date Reported:

31 Mar 2015

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for WCP, pcapng and TNEF, which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy15.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.