Bug 1330069 (CVE-2016-4079)

Summary:	CVE-2016-4079 wireshark: PKTC dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-22)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, lemenkov, phatina, phatina, rvokal, sardella
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 2.0.3, Wireshark 1.12.11	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	1330080
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-04-25 11:10:37 UTC

It was reported that Wireshark's PKTC dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Upstream bug(s):

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12206

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-04-25 11:19:25 UTC

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1330080]