vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-6513: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2016
Added
Sep 20, 2017
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
Title
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