Bug 1312800 (CVE-2016-4420) - CVE-2016-4420 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)
Summary: CVE-2016-4420 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-4420
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1312806
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Reported: 2016-02-29 09:40 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:15 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Wireshark 2.0.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-08-12 06:04:14 UTC
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-02-29 09:40:57 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's NFS 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.

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https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-17.html
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-05-02 09:32:00 UTC 
CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/177
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