Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the AirPcap support in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 has unspecified attack vectors related to WEP key parsing.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wireshark | 0.99.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | wireshark | 0.99.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | wireshark | 0.99.4-1 | — |
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14787 vdb-entry signature
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
- 22590 third-party-advisory
- 20762 vdb-entry