CVE-2016-2523

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

References (9)

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=260afe11feb796d1fde992d8f8c133ebd950b573

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00015.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00016.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-03.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11938

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3516

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0492

EPSS Percentile 89.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status draft

Affected Products (12)

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Feb 28, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026