vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9375): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 17, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2016-9375
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9375
- DEBIAN-DSA-3719
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13097
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=be6a10afc59f8182b9884d02f9857d547539fe8a
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9375
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-62.html
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