PT-2016-7737 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2016-11-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-9373

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 2.0.0 through 2.0.7 Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.1

Description The issue is related to a crash with a use-after-free in the DCERPC dissector, which can be triggered by network traffic or a capture file. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.7, update to a version where the wmem file scope is used for private strings in the DCERPC dissector. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.1, update to a version where the wmem file scope is used for private strings in the DCERPC dissector. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the DCERPC dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2325

CVE-2016-9373

DLA-714-1

DSA-3719-1

MGASA-2016-0391

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 342

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9373 · 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://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-2325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9373 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0391.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9372 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9374 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3719-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9373 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0391 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9373 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9376 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719 · Vendor Advisory