vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9372): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 17, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input with too many I/O objects.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2016-9372
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9372
- CWE-20
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9372
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html
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