Name | CVE-2016-6509 |
Description | epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c in the LDSS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 mishandles conversations, 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-595-1, DSA-3648-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wireshark (PTS) | bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Affects 2.0.0 to 2.0.4, 1.12.0 to 1.12.12, fixed in 2.0.5, 1.12.13.
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-45.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12662
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=5a469ddc893f7c1912d0e15cc73bd3011e6cc2fb
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3