CVE-2016-9373 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2016-9373: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private string

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2016-9373 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wireshark→ fixed in2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wireshark
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wireshark→ fixed in2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wireshark
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wireshark→ fixed in2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wireshark
```

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