ArchLinux: 201609-27: wireshark-cli: denial of service
Summary
- CVE-2016-7175 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the QNX6 QNET dissector
by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone
to read a malformed packet trace file.
- CVE-2016-7176 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the H.225 dissector by
injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to
read a malformed packet trace file.
- CVE-2016-7177 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the Catapult DCT2000
dissector by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by
convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
- CVE-2016-7178 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the UMTS FP dissector by
injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to
read a malformed packet trace file.
- CVE-2016-7179 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the Catapult DCT2000
dissector by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by
convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
- CVE-2016-7180 (denial of service)
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash via the IPMI Trace dissector
by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone
to read a malformed packet trace file.
Resolution
Upgrade to 2.2.0-2.
# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=2.2.0-2"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.2.0.
References
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-50.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-51.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-52.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-53.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-54.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7175 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7176 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7177 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7178 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7179 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7180
Workaround
None.