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CVE-2016-2532

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-01	wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-2532 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2532
Phase	Assigned(20160220)

Description

The dissect_llrp_parameters function in epan/dissectors/packet-llrp.c in the LLRP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the recursion depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-11.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12048
CONFIRM	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4a2cd6c79ecbf2cb21f985f01ce1c1e3030285ec