USN-3986-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities

Packages

wireshark - network traffic analyzer

Details

It was discovered that Wireshark improperly handled certain input. A remote or
local attacker could cause Wireshark to crash by injecting malform packets onto
the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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Ubuntu Release	Package Version
18.10 cosmic	libwireshark-data – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	libwireshark11 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	libwiretap8 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	libwscodecs2 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	libwsutil9 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	tshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	wireshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	wireshark-common – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	wireshark-gtk – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
	wireshark-qt – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.10.0
18.04 bionic	libwireshark-data – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	libwireshark11 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	libwiretap8 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	libwscodecs2 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	libwsutil9 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	tshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	wireshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	wireshark-common – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	wireshark-gtk – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
	wireshark-qt – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
16.04 xenial	libwireshark-data – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	libwireshark11 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	libwiretap8 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	libwscodecs2 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	libwsutil9 – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	tshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	wireshark – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	wireshark-common – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	wireshark-gtk – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
	wireshark-qt – 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0

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