PT-2016-5181 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2016-02-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-2523

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.9 Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, via a crafted packet. This is due to a problem in the dnp3 al process object function in the DNP3 dissector.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.9, update to version 1.12.10 or later. For Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.2 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1195

CVE-2016-2523

DSA-3516-1

MGASA-2016-0091

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1344-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1345-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1344-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1345-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 345

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4417 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3516-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2532 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3516-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-03.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4415 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2523 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1345-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8731 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4420 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4419 · Security Note