PT-2016-5948 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2016-03-07 · Updated 2016-05-04 · CVE-2016-4419

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 prior to 2.0.2

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of capability data in the SPICE dissector, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service through a crafted packet, resulting in a large loop.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.2, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1195

CVE-2016-4419

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-2016-4419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4419 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-16.html · 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4419 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2530 · Security Note
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2521 · Security Note