| Name | CVE-2016-5359 |
| Description | epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) 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) |
| References | DLA-538-1, DSA-3615-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.4.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | wheezy | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u2 | DLA-538-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | jessie | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u7 | DSA-3615-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 2.0 |
Only affects 1.12, marking 2.0 as fixed
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12408
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/b8e0d416898bb975a02c1b55883342edc5b4c9c0