CVE-2016-9374
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c by ensuring that a length variable properly tracked the state of a signature variable.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 2.2.2-1 | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.2+g9c5aae3-1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-25
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-24
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12953
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5770b6559b6e6765c4ef800e85ae42781ea4900
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-59.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9374.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9374
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.