SB2016101838 - Denial of service in wireshark (Alpine package)

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SB2016101838 - Denial of service in wireshark (Alpine package)

Published: October 18, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016101838
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7175)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows remote user to cause the denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to causing of the QNX6 QNET dissector crash. A remote attacker can send and inject specially crafted malformed packet or trick the victim into reading its trace file.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to cause a denial of service on the vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References