Bug 1396409 – CVE-2016-9372 wireshark: Profinet I/O dissector long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-58)

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Bug 1396409 - (CVE-2016-9372) CVE-2016-9372 wireshark: Profinet I/O dissector long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-58)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9372 wireshark: Profinet I/O dissector long loop (wnpa-sec-2016-58)

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9372

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

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Reported:	2016-11-18 04:29 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2016-11-18 04:32 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 2.2.2
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Last Closed:	2016-11-18 04:32:27 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-11-18 04:29:28 EST

It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources 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=12851

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html

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