USN-3986-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities
Wireshark vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Wireshark could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic or input files.
Software Description
- 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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- 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
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- 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
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- 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
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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