Bug 1396409 (CVE-2016-9372)

Summary: CVE-2016-9372 wireshark: Profinet I/O dissector long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-58)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: huzaifas, lemenkov, msehnout, phatina, rvokal
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-18 09:29:28 UTC 
It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources 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=12851

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html