DSA-3002-1 wireshark -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3002-1 wireshark -- security update

Date Reported:

10 Aug 2014

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-5161, CVE-2014-5162, CVE-2014-5163, CVE-2014-5164, CVE-2014-5165.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for Catapult DCT2000, IrDA, GSM Management, RLC ASN.1 BER, which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy11.

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

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.