PT-2016-5847 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Chris Benedict · Published 2016-04-25 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-4085

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

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the NCP dissector, which can be triggered by a long string in a packet, potentially causing a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.10, update to version 1.12.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1528

CVE-2016-4085

DLA-497-1

DSA-3585-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 34

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3585-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4083 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4085 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4080 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4085 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4006 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4077 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4085 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.html · Vendor Advisory
• 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