DSA-4060-1 wireshark -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4060-1 wireshark -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-11408, CVE-2017-13766, CVE-2017-17083, CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17085.

More information:

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u12.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u1.

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