CVE-2016-9376 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Wireshark via memory exhaustion in the OpenFlow dissector by sending malicious network traffic or providing a crafted capture file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9376?
CVE-2016-9376 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9376?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9376?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-9376 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9376 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9376, GHSA-c3r9-8878-x2vq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9376.