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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-6507: Vulnerability in Wireshark

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-6507: Vulnerability in Wireshark

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-2-0-5-0-175-3-12-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-2-0-5-0-175-3-12-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-2-0-5-0-175-3-12-0-4-0

References

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