PT-2016-7255 · Alt Linux+2 · Alt Linux+2

Mto…@‍Pen… · Published 2016-09-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-7179

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 ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector. This can be exploited by remote attackers via a crafted packet, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

Recommendations For Wireshark versions prior to 2.0.6, update to version 2.0.6 or later to resolve the issue. For ALT Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1965

CVE-2016-7179

DLA-632-1

DSA-3671-1

MGASA-2016-0321

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 345

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7179 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7176 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3671-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1965 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7179 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7179 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11409 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7179 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7177 · Security Note