USN-4133-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities
Wireshark vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- 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 malformed 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 19.04
- libwireshark-data - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- libwiretap8 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- libwscodecs2 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- libwsutil9 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libwireshark-data - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- libwiretap8 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- libwscodecs2 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- libwsutil9 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libwireshark-data - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- libwiretap8 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- libwscodecs2 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- libwsutil9 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
- wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2LwK1Z8