CVE-2016-9376

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.48% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313 vdb entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13071 issue tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2a7af8d3928e18ef15778e63b9b6c78f8bd1bef
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-60.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94369 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9376?
CVE-2016-9376 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9376?
To fix CVE-2016-9376, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-9376 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-9376 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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