PT-2016-7251 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2016-09-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-7175

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 2.0.6

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of MAC address data in the QNX6 QNET dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved through a crafted packet, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and application crash.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions prior to 2.0.6, update to version 2.0.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1965

CVE-2016-7175

MGASA-2016-0321

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1174-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 365

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7176 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-50.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7175 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1965 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7175 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7175 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11409 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7177 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7180 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7178 · Security Note