vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-6512: wireshark -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 omits an overflow check in the tvb_get_guintvar function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet, related to the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP dissectors.

Solution

debian-upgrade-wireshark
Title
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