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Wireshark : CVE-2016-5351 : IEEE 802.11 dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2016-5351 : IEEE 802.11 dissector crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_12_12
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_0_4

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