Name | CVE-2016-2524 |
Description | epan/dissectors/packet-x509af.c in the X.509AF dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the algorithm ID, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
NVD severity | medium |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wireshark (PTS) | stretch | 2.6.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 2.6.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 3.4.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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wireshark | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
wireshark | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
wireshark | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
wireshark | source | (unstable) | 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.0.x)
[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.0.x)
[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.0.x)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-04.html
Affected versions: 2.0.0 to 2.0.1
Fixed versions: 2.0.2