The Debian Security Team published a new security update for Debian GNU/Linux. Here the announcement:
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1673-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 29, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : wireshark
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3137 CVE-2008-3138 CVE-2008-3141 CVE-2008-3145 CVE-2008-3933 CVE-2008-4683 CVE-2008-4684 CVE-2008-4685
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered network traffic
analyzer Wireshark. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:
CVE-2008-3137
The GSM SMS dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-3138
The PANA and KISMET dissectors are vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-3141
The RMI dissector could disclose system memory.
CVE-2008-3145
The packet reassembling module is vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-3933
The zlib uncompression module is vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-4683
The Bluetooth ACL dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-4684
The PRP and MATE dissectors are vulnerable to denial of service.
CVE-2008-4685
The Q931 dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.99.4-5.etch.3.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been
fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 13306790 2556a31d0d770dd1990bd67b98bd2f9b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1066 ece7cc5dd8e70c0b5c13bfbf6e8c6eee
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 48388 2918d72a79fafde4759afe72db727d6f
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22872 2ac3fe313364295340483294f1e9fb91
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 e67991e3aa09ce8bd8a44833fe7e3883
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 9318436 d88e91f579849725048a4f5d9155871d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 181432 bd619bdb6fdc69e10dd31241268fac22
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22498 b6e13d7c505bceb09cd278c5f07c7c40
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 674820 b6a532ff5292b77773e1aa4cfc2fd577
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22510 eafc125f4a6f9084880fdd2a557b9814
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 117502 d829953f80e3402ea53f96b5a60010a4
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
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Size/MD5 checksum: 181784 be30e7ac952ecec26ed7cf9d73cf07ca
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 619708 b97e43ebf7fb339df7210c0fed2de92b
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22502 24d2101cd90f05f7206ed1b222cf2655
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Size/MD5 checksum: 9119506 67bc221048a9a1909e0780547e267956
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Size/MD5 checksum: 112146 24dad3e9789181bc32c555174ebc6331
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22516 fd918d886d3f43e85efc336267f8d3b1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 e427825910c10ca825d6263d72f3231d
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22862 8b219977905e0ca92c11669b819a4d62
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7739012 2393f419581304f9d1bc96b2e80a87b9
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22520 91159635ccf35f1d0fc51d80eb5af43d
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Size/MD5 checksum: 600564 6c9dc2dfc018156969644378f856521a
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22870 64f1146af6c9759d7fce864dc5f0d7d3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22528 44b24f50cf31c9c8e734fbf5cb32603f
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22514 073d8b3cf84d186a28f1923b77825651
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Size/MD5 checksum: 182074 21f420a957afb36f416b743ea928344c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 107352 a57d347239ea877d9dc7944f025a357f
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22872 2ccd34d4f66efe4103e8bd6abefa9522
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22512 5969e22027936a31221f293be3ee9a07
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22506 c624bb7b41ceb11e497c09c231388f17
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Size/MD5 checksum: 9856512 1dc01e880f2cbc9ed221775bada95006
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Size/MD5 checksum: 109670 d4eea1ac706ac762a8ed8327438f4642
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 a738cb866d71bd90d6221655993db604
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Size/MD5 checksum: 634968 a399926534b08d75dc0858bebd83c9b5
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Size/MD5 checksum: 182054 cef379511143780007c649c3089ea1b2
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
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Size/MD5 checksum: 182668 a1c8033946069020bf3c985ac15f3262
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Size/MD5 checksum: 564704 810e62b84fec47703eb3a123059b576b
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22492 e0730ad8b28f63b46e57dda4577009f2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7502356 84707ff563a36e6dbdcafb47657b4260
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22860 34cc7a26d0416a35b9cbcd5dce2f875c
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Size/MD5 checksum: 102308 882325dfde6476fa6fef27435af1c9c7
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22498 a03f9bc9d8ce5f23bbab2280ab49798b
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 f2b77a28c0675c396652fcdc9c2c3803
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22846 3c2f1b3206af0c51ad92aef628d1296c
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Size/MD5 checksum: 145732 4f709746e604fd49e8500000c0c8b9fd
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22498 00c321e1542af1331ca18b0df70eee08
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Size/MD5 checksum: 10652434 5884462db3ab99cd180970b81bab92e1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22484 4591898f96b98e28d183328a0e21dba4
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Size/MD5 checksum: 827582 c67bd7ddb1ab16764b7ebebbd5b1bb7c
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22498 45334f3ef44ae17bb9c8d4a95f6cf4e6
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Size/MD5 checksum: 182626 67cd7391e4c59b412ddc2e76c6fa6791
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
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Size/MD5 checksum: 104812 d3f86fe05592a3ac315047246c4dd26e
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Size/MD5 checksum: 8017676 583e585fb11a943ef5c0288016dffb43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 588850 2ea0a20be951ff4e8ab6ba6525dea911
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Size/MD5 checksum: 21856 8ad7420ab94abbaedd0a0283530f9bad
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22108 74e578c0a220a579e57830fe8031cc8b
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Size/MD5 checksum: 21844 7821c6a42d28f2c2833cf58b9ca033a5
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Size/MD5 checksum: 181530 cbdd1d6dd954ee7f1d7050ef3c9eba91
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mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
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Size/MD5 checksum: 104602 79217e35d38b7a65b76c40f4e3cb9be1
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22492 f3005b052212919cdb4fcdb9b4fba65e
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Size/MD5 checksum: 7408744 4228174f1af0bf0b17f4d30de7cf7ea5
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 2da403f29c784c2da2b65d34a4342517
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s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
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sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22520 fcded97d018614d9c009b7381af86c0c
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22508 08b5ee4324e7bf9c70e3dc64790c0b3a
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Size/MD5 checksum: 104122 5389c35fe323621a57e570eae09efa84
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Size/MD5 checksum: 183182 db42ff4d1f6cb72b3fed705d72cd9334
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22866 880b204b5182202328541153989cf082
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Size/MD5 checksum: 22522 acf3820b48c050b01da592940dee07ad
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Size/MD5 checksum: 8679242 716f14e3d3ea4795e742fed07ebe2f44
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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