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Debian: CVE-2020-25862: wireshark -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-25862: wireshark -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/06/2020
Created
02/09/2021
Added
02/08/2021
Modified
02/08/2021

Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6, 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.20, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by changing the handling of the invalid 0xFFFF checksum.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wireshark

References

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