Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4421): wireshark vulnerability
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
05/01/2016
11/21/2024
11/19/2024
11/19/2024
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a packet that specifies deeply nested data.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
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