USN-3986-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 May 2019

Overview

Wireshark could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic or input files.


Packages

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.

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.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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