PT-2016-5843 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-04-25 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-4081

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 1.12.x through 1.12.10 Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2

Description The issue is related to the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark, where an incorrect integer data type is used. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.10, update to version 1.12.11 or later. For Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2, update to version 2.0.3 or later.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1528

CVE-2016-4081

DLA-497-1

DSA-3585-1

MGASA-2016-0153

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 46

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0153.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3585-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4081 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4081 · 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
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3585-1 · Vendor Advisory
• 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4081 · Vendor Advisory
• 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