| Name | CVE-2016-6511 |
| Description | epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OpenFlow dissector large loop) 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 |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.2-1 | 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-2016-47.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12659
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=56706427f53cc64793870bf072c2c06248ae88f3
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3