Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WIRESHARK-377181
  • published25 Apr 2016
  • disclosed25 Apr 2016

Introduced: 25 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-4006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS Scores

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