Bug 1330068 – CVE-2016-4078 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-21)

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Bug 1330068 - (CVE-2016-4078) CVE-2016-4078 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-21)

Summary:	CVE-2016-4078 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-21)

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2016-4078

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

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Depends On:	1330080
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Reported:	2016-04-25 07:08 EDT by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2016-04-26 11:47 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 2.0.x, Wireshark 1.12.x
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Last Closed:	2016-04-25 07:22:47 EDT
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-04-25 07:08:40 EDT

It was reported that Wireshark's IEEE 802.11 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=12187
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11824

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-04-25 07:19:19 EDT

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1330080]

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