vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2019-5716): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 8, 2019 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2019
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2019-5716
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-5716
- DEBIAN-DSA-4416
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5716
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html
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