PT-2016-5844 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-04-25 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-4082

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in out-of-bounds access and application crash, via a crafted packet. This is due to the wrong variable being used to index an array in the GSM CBCH dissector.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1528

CVE-2016-4082

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4082 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1528 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-26.html · 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
• 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
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4082 · Vendor Advisory