PT-2016-5945 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Mateusz Jurczyk · Published 2016-03-07 · Updated 2016-05-04 · CVE-2016-4416

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 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of the Grouping subfield in the IEEE 802.11 dissector, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This is achieved through a crafted packet, resulting in a buffer over-read and application crash.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1195

CVE-2016-4416

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 32

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2529 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4416 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4416 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4416 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2523 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2532 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1195 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4415 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2531 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4416 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-13.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2526 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4417 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4416 · Vendor Advisory