vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-5351): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 7, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 7, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the lack of an EAPOL_RSN_KEY, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2016-5351
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-5351
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3615
- EUVD-EUVD-2016-6302
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11585
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-6302
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/9b0b20b8d5f8c9f7839d58ff6c5900f7e19283b4
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5351
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-30.html
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