Sync wireshark 1.6.6-1 (universe) from Debian testing (main)

[Evan Huus]

Seemingly the only thing that needs an FFe from the upstream changelog:
New and Updated Capture File Support

Endace ERF, Pcap-NG, Tektronix K12

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Please sync wireshark 1.6.6-1 (universe) from Debian testing (main)

Changelog entries since current precise version 1.6.5-2:

wireshark (1.6.6-1) unstable; urgency=high

  * New upstream release 1.6.6
    - release notes:
      http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.6.html
    - security fixes (Closes: #666058):
      - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash
      - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop
      - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data
      - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash
  * depend on automake instead of automake1.9
  * update watch file to watch bzip2 compressed archives

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:34:10 +0200

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

As this fixes security issues, should I subscribe ubuntu-security as well? Or would ubuntu-release be more appropriate? Or both?

Aside: I've not been able to find a clear explanation of who should be subscribed where for sync requests. If there is already a process in place could somebody please link it from [1]? That's where I would expect to find it.

Thanks,
Evan

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SyncRequestProcess

[Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)]

Hi,

As we are past Feature Freeze, you have to get a FFe first. The process is described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#FeatureFreeze_for_new_upstream_versions

Thanks,

Fabrice

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Oh, and whoever does this could add Bug 907033 on top of it which already has an FFe.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

FFe approved. Leaving at new for sponsor review.

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

@fabricesp That link seems specifically for new upstream versions with new features. As this request is for a version that is bug-fix/security only, do those instructions still apply?

Thanks,
Evan

[Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)]

This bug was fixed in the package wireshark - 1.6.6-1
Sponsored for Evan Huus (eapache)

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wireshark (1.6.6-1) unstable; urgency=high

  * New upstream release 1.6.6
    - release notes:
      http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.6.html
    - security fixes (Closes: #666058):
      - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash
      - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop
      - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data
      - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash
  * depend on automake instead of automake1.9
  * update watch file to watch bzip2 compressed archives

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:34:10 +0200

[Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp)]

Sponsoring by parts so that each contributors get credit for hos work.

@Evan: is a new version is bug-fixing only , please mention it in the sync request, bringing some proof of it.

anyway, thanks for your work!