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Wireshark 4.6.8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers

Brief

Wireshark 4.

  • 8 fixes 28 security bugs in the protocol analyzer, and nine of them fire when someone opens a saved capture file. Those nine sit in file parsers, the code that reads a capture off disk before any dissection begins: pcapng, Endace ERF, Tektronix K12xx, BUSMASTER, Catapult DCT2000, Gammu DCT3, 3gpp phone logs, TTX Logger, and, on Windows only, Ixia IxVeriWave and Vector Informatik BLF.

An attacker never has to touch your network for these. … More →

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  • 8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers appeared first on Help Net Security .
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