PT-2016-6388 · Alt Linux+2 · Alt Linux+2

Published 2016-06-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5358

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 2.0.4 ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of packet-header data type in the Ethernet dissector, which can cause a denial of service (application crash) when a crafted packet is processed.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions prior to 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.4 or later to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability in ALT Linux.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1621

CVE-2016-5358

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 · 319

• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5351 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5358 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5357 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5358 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5356 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1621 · 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2212-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5358 · Vendor Advisory