PT-2016-5183 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Gerald Combs · Published 2016-02-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-2525

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 2.0.0 through 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark, where it does not limit the amount of header data. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, either by consuming excessive memory or crashing the application, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 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-2016-2525

MGASA-2016-0091

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 321

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2525 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2525 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12077 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2532 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4415 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2525 · Vendor Advisory
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2521 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2528 · Security Note