Wireshark up to 2.0.3 IEEE 802.11 Dissector epan/crypt/airpdcap.c out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark up to 2.0.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file epan/crypt/airpdcap.c of the component IEEE 802.11 Dissector. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-5352. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark up to 2.0.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects some unknown processing of the file epan/crypt/airpdcap.c of the component IEEE 802.11 Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles certain length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

The weakness was released 08/07/2016 by Mateusz Jurczyk (iDefense) with iDEFENSE Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5352 since 06/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91928 (FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (313e9557-41e8-11e6-ab34-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169145 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:2212-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91928) and SecurityFocus (BID 91140†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80763, VDB-88027, VDB-90422 and VDB-90619. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91928
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (313e9557-41e8-11e6-ab34-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 56785
OpenVAS Name: Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities-05 August16 (Mac OS X)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 2.0.4
Patch: github.com

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06/09/2016 🔍
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07/04/2016 +25 days 🔍
07/05/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/07/2016 +33 days 🔍
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09/13/2022 +2227 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: b6d838eebf4456192360654092e5587c5207f185
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5352 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5352
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90621
SecurityFocus: 91140 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2016 15:21
Updated: 09/13/2022 08:11
Changes: 08/08/2016 15:21 (64), 03/22/2019 08:16 (17), 09/13/2022 08:11 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:C2C:103

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