CVE-2019-5716 Information

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.html https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5