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Updated wireshark packages has been released for Debian 7 LTS



Package : wireshark
Version : 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6
CVE ID : CVE-2017-6014
Debian Bug : 855408

It was discovered that there was denial of service vulnerability in wireshark,
a network traffic analyzer.

A malformed NATO Ground Moving Target Indicator Format ("STANAG 4607") capture
file could cause a memory exhausion/infinite loop.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in wireshark version
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.