PT-2016-5838 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-04-25 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-4076

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 2.0.2

Description The issue is related to the NCP dissector in Wireshark, where memory for search patterns is not properly initialized. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by sending a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.2, update to version 2.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1528

CVE-2016-4076

MGASA-2016-0153

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 40

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0153.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1528 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4082 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4081 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4078 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4076 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4079 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4076 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4076 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4083 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4076 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4076 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4080 · Security Note