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Debian alert DSA-2351-1 (wireshark)

From:  Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org>
To:  debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject:  [SECURITY] [DSA 2351-1] wireshark security update
Date:  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:26:54 +0100
Message-ID:  <20111121192654.GA7866@pisco.westfalen.local>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2351-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 21, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : wireshark Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-4102 Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered a buffer overflow in Wireshark's ERF dissector, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version wireshark 1.0.2-3+lenny16. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze5. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk7KpcwACgkQXm3vHE4uylpafwCgsfg63VUCclxFiKAMBKgp2AhC IIUAoJ4rP2mvvc+jTNo2WcG/uDR+GSbv =c8dP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111121192654.GA7866@pisco.westf...


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Debian security update to wireshark

Posted Nov 23, 2011 16:51 UTC (Wed) by bjartur (guest, #67801) [Link]

Debian has updated wireshark (denial of service).

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered a buffer overflow in Wireshark's ERF dissector, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Am I missing something?

Debian security update to wireshark

Posted Nov 23, 2011 16:56 UTC (Wed) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> Am I missing something?

Nope, looks like we made a mistake on that one, fixed now.

thanks,

jake

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