Bug 1375118 (CVE-2016-7179, wnpa-sec-2016-54)

Summary:	CVE-2016-7179 wireshark: Catapult DCT2000 dissector crash
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
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, rvokal
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-09-12 08:29:42 UTC

It was reported that Wireshark's Catapult DCT2000 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=12752

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.html