Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.0.5-r0
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- published23 May 2024
- disclosed6 Aug 2016
Introduced: 6 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-6512 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 wireshark to version 2.0.5-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6512
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6512
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40195/
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12661
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6512
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2193bea3212d74e2a907152055e27d409b59485e