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Wireshark : CVE-2016-2531 : RSL dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2016-2531 : RSL dissector crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_12_10
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_0_2

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