The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.0.8, which fixes several security issues where a malformed packet trace could cause it to crash or go into an infinite loop, and fixes several other bugs as well. See the release notes for details.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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Mageia | 5 | noarch | wireshark | <Â 2.0.8-1 | wireshark-2.0.8-1.mga5 |
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19806
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.8.html
www.wireshark.org/news/20161116.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-59.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-61.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html