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CVE-2016-6511

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Date: August 6, 2016

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OpenFlow dissector large loop) via a crafted packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6511

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-47.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6511

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6511

Url: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12659

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6511

Url: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56706427f53cc64793870bf072c2c06248ae88f3

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036480

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6511

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2.0.5,1.12.13

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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