Bug 1361142 – CVE-2016-6511 wireshark: OpenFlow long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-47)

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Bug 1361142 - (CVE-2016-6511) CVE-2016-6511 wireshark: OpenFlow long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-47)

Summary:	CVE-2016-6511 wireshark: OpenFlow long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-47)

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-6511

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:	1361146
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Reported:	2016-07-28 07:56 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-06-21 04:51 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 2.0.5, Wireshark 1.12.13
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 07:56:45 EDT

It was reported that Wireshark 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=12659

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-47.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 08:01:07 EDT

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1361146]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-08-01 12:25:07 EDT

wireshark-2.1.1-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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