CVE-2016-7180 Information

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-trace.c in the IPMI trace dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not properly consider whether a string is constant which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12782 https://code.wireshark.org/review/17289 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=5213496250aceff086404c568e3718ebc0060934 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.9