Bug 1312776 – CVE-2016-2521 wireshark: DLL hijacking vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2016-01)

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Bug 1312776 - (CVE-2016-2521) CVE-2016-2521 wireshark: DLL hijacking vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2016-01)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2521 wireshark: DLL hijacking vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2016-01)

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2016-2521

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1312806
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Reported:	2016-02-29 04:36 EST by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2016-05-10 03:24 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 2.0.2, Wireshark 1.12.10
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Last Closed:	2016-05-10 03:24:26 EDT
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-02-29 04:36:29 EST

Wireshark is vulnerable to DLL hijacking as described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2269637:

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2269637

It may be possible to make Wireshark to run hostile code by placing a specially-coded DLL in the same directory as a capture file.

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html

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