Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2016-6513
Published: August 7, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32095
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6513
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 does not restrict the recursion depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6513
Install update from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 2.0.5
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.0.6-r0, 2.0.13-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.0.6-r0, 2.0.13-r0
External References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12663
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=347f071f1b9180563c28b0f3d0627b91eb456c72