SB2016101843 - Denial of service in wireshark (Alpine package)



SB2016101843 - Denial of service in wireshark (Alpine package)

Published: October 18, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016101843
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7180)

The vulnerability allows remote user to cause the denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to causing of the IPMI Trace 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.