DSA-2709-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2709-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

17 Jun 2013

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2013-4074, CVE-2013-4075, CVE-2013-4076, CVE-2013-4077, CVE-2013-4078, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4082, CVE-2013-4083.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for CAPWAP, GMR-1 BCCH, PPP, NBAP, RDP, HTTP, DCP ETSI and in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.