CVE-2016-5351 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation12 documents7 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkApache Tomcat
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the lack of an EAPOL_RSN_KEY, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.0.4+gdd7746e-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark16 versions+15
▶apacheapache/tomcat

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mqc6-qfm4-6pwr: epan/crypt/airpdcap↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-5351: epan/crypt/airpdcap↗2016-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-30)↗2016-06-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-5351: wireshark - epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1....↗2016
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Apache
Apache tomcat: CVE-2015-5351↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5351 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-30)↗2016-06-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5350 CVE-2016-5351 CVE-2016-5353 CVE-2016-5354 CVE-2016-5355 CVE-2016-5356 CVE-2016-5357 CVE-2016-5359 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-06-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5351 tomcat: CSRF token leak↗2016-02-23
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