CVE-2016-6507

NameCVE-2016-6507
Descriptionepan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-595-1, DSA-3648-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)buster2.6.20-0+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.6.20-0+deb10u8fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie4.2.2-1fixed
sid4.2.2-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcewheezy1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u3DLA-595-1
wiresharksourcejessie1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u8DSA-3648-1
wiresharksource(unstable)2.0

Notes

Only affects 1.12, marking 2.0 as fixed
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-43.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12624
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b5a10743258bd016c07ebf6479137fda3d172a0f
Affects 1.12.0 to 1.12.12, fixed 1.12.13
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3

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