PT-2016-7739 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2016-11-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-9375

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 arises in the DTN dissector, which can enter an infinite loop due to network traffic or a capture file. This occurs when the SDNV evaluation is not successful.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.7, update to a version where the DTN dissector issue is fixed by properly checking SDNV evaluation success. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.1, update to a version where the DTN dissector issue is fixed by properly checking SDNV evaluation success.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2325

CVE-2016-9375

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://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9375 · 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://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9375 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-2325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9375 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9375 · Vendor Advisory