PT-2016-5845 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-04-25 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-4083

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 MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark, where it does not ensure that data is available before array allocation. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.

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

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1528

CVE-2016-4083

MGASA-2016-0153

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 40

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0153.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4083 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4083 · 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-2016-27.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4083 · Security Note