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.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-55.html | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036760 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/17289 | issue tracking patch |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5213496250aceff086404c568e3718ebc0060934 | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12782 | issue tracking |