vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2016-7177)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 9, 2016 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 9, 2016
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the Catapult DCT2000 dissector by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-7177
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-7177
- URL-http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12750
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/17096
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2e37b271c473e1cbd01d62ebe1f3b011fc9fe638
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201609-27
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-52.html
- CWE-119
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