Bug 1361137 (CVE-2016-6506) - CVE-2016-6506 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-42)
Summary: CVE-2016-6506 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2016-42)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-6506
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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Depends On: 1361146
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-07-28 11:55 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Wireshark 2.0.5, Wireshark 1.12.13
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:56:45 UTC

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Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 11:55:15 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's WSP could loop infinitely. 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=12594

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-42.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-28 12:00:37 UTC 
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1361146]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-08-01 16:25:33 UTC 
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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