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CVE-2016-2522
Published: Feb 28, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not verify that a certain length is nonzero, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html
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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11828
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GLSA-201604-05
vendor-advisory
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1035118
vdb-entry
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