vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9376): 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 | Aug 19, 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
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2016-9376
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9376
- DEBIAN-DSA-3719
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13071
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f2a7af8d3928e18ef15778e63b9b6c78f8bd1bef
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9376
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.html
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