Bug 1343971 (CVE-2016-5358)

Summary:	CVE-2016-5358 wireshark: Ethernet dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-37)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, lemenkov, phatina, rvokal, tsmetana
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-06-08 12:14:41 UTC

It was reported that Wireshark's Ethernet 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=12440

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-37.html

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-06-09 14:41:56 UTC

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/510

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/2c13e97d656c1c0ac4d76eb9d307664aae0e0cf7