PT-2016-6384 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Mateusz Jurczyk · Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5354

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 1.12.11 Wireshark versions 2.x through 2.0.3

Description The issue is related to the USB subsystem in Wireshark, which mishandles class types. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.11, update to version 1.12.12 or later. For Wireshark versions 2.x through 2.0.3, update to version 2.0.4 or later.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1621

CVE-2016-5354

DLA-538-1

DSA-3615-1

MGASA-2016-0223

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2212-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2453-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 325

• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-33.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5350 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5358 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3615-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5354 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5351 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5357 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5356 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5354 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1621 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5354 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5352 · Security Note