Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,2.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318266
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed28 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The iseries_check_file_type function in wiretap/iseries.c in the iSeries file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not consider that a line may lack the "OBJECT PROTOCOL" substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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