PT-2016-5182 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-02-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-2524

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to the X.509AF dissector in Wireshark, where it mishandles the algorithm ID. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1195

CVE-2016-2524

MGASA-2016-0091

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 321

• 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/CVE-2016-2524 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2532 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4415 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12002 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2524 · 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2525 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2524 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2524 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2521 · Security Note