Bug 1312781 – CVE-2016-2525 wireshark: HTTP/2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-05)

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Bug 1312781 - (CVE-2016-2525) CVE-2016-2525 wireshark: HTTP/2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-05)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2525 wireshark: HTTP/2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-05)

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2016-2525

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

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Blocks:	1312806
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Reported:	2016-02-29 04:37 EST by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2016-08-12 02:02 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 2.0.2
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2016-08-12 02:02:30 EDT
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-02-29 04:37:38 EST

It was reported that Wireshark's HTTP/2 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=12077

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html

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