In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c by ensuring that a length variable properly tracked the state of a signature variable.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Aug 30, 2017 | Apr 12, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade tsharkUpgrade wireshark-qt5Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade tshark-lite | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.2.2-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.2.2-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.2.2-0.175.3.16.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark | Nov 28, 2016 | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.2Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.8 | Oct 4, 2017 | Nov 17, 2016 |
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