vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2531: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 27, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark
Title
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