CVE-2016-5357

NameCVE-2016-5357
Descriptionwiretap/netscreen.c in the NetScreen file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles sscanf unsigned-integer processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-538-1, DSA-3615-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)3.4.16-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.4.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcewheezy1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u2DLA-538-1
wiresharksourcejessie1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u7DSA-3615-1
wiresharksource(unstable)2.0.4+gdd7746e-1

Notes

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-36.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12396
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/11edc83b98a61e890d7bb01855389d40e984ea82
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/6a140eca7b78b230f1f90a739a32257476513c78

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