CVE-2016-7957
Published: 12 April 2017
In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
wireshark Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Released
(2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1)
|
upstream |
Released
(2.2.1+ga6fbd27-1)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
|
|
artful |
Not vulnerable
(2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
|
|
bionic |
Released
(2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1)
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=355b56b1c6c545072ac0c1225730b526c6749f0a |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7957
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12825
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=355b56b1c6c545072ac0c1225730b526c6749f0a
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-56.html
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian