[SECURITY] [DSA 1673-1] New wireshark packages fix several vulnerabilities

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1673-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 29, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-1673-1 wireshark - several vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-4684

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the 1 PRP or 2 MATE post dissector...

CVE-2008-4684

CVE-2008-4684 affects Wireshark 0.99.2–1.0.3 where the packet-frame handler does not correctly cope with exceptions raised by post dissectors, allowing remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted packet sequence and enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissectors. The connected docum...

CVE-2008-4684: Undefined Security Weakness

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the 1 PRP or 2 MATE post dissector...