CVE-2016-6505

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6505
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-06 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:34:00 UTC
Descriptionepan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c in the PacketBB dissector 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 (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-369

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3648-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2016-41 · PacketBB crash CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Wireshark 'epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Wireshark Dissector/Parser Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE request: Wireshark 2.0.5 and 1.12.13 security releases MLIST openwall.com Mailing List
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org Patch
12577 – Divide-by-zero error in dissect_pbb_tlvblock() CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking
Wireshark 1.12.0 < 1.12.12 / 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - PacketBB Dissector Denial of Service - Multiple dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501297 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 671108 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
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