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CVE-2016-4079 Detail

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/25/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3585 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035685
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206 Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4cdc9eeba58f866bd5f273e9c5b3876857a7a4bf

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4079
NVD Published Date:
04/25/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/02/2016