PT-2016-7256 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2016-09-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-7180

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 IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark, where it does not properly handle strings, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a use-after-free and application crash via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.6, update to version 2.0.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the IPMI trace dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1965

CVE-2016-7180

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

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7176 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7180 · 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/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1965 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7180 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11409 · Security Note
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/17289 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7180 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7177 · Security Note