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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4421
epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a den...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a packet that specifies deeply nested data.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.2+ga16e22e-1"}]}]
Debian:13
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.2+ga16e22e-1"}]}]
Debian:14
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.2+ga16e22e-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org