PT-2016-6389 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Chris Benedict · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-5359

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

Description The issue is related to the WBXML dissector in Wireshark, where it mishandles offsets. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service through an integer overflow and infinite loop by sending a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.11, update to version 1.12.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2215

CVE-2016-5359

DLA-538-1

DSA-3615-1

MGASA-2016-0223

SUSE-SU-2016:2212-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2453-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 97

• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3615 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8720 · 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-2015-8717 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8730 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8712 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5355 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5350 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5353 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5356 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3615-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0223.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5359 · Vendor Advisory