Bug 1361138 (CVE-2016-6507)

Summary:	CVE-2016-6507 wireshark: MMSE infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-43)
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, msehnout, phatina
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OS:	Linux
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 11:55:32 UTC

It was reported that Wireshark's MMSE could loop infinitely. 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=12624

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-43.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 12:00:43 UTC

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1361146]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-08-01 16:25:28 UTC

wireshark-2.1.1-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.