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CVE-2016-4420

Impact:: Moderate
Public Date:: 2016-02-26

Bugzilla:: 1312800: CVE-2016-4420 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-17)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The NFS dissector in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4420 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score	4.3
Base Metrics	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	wireshark	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	wireshark	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	wireshark	Not affected

External References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-17.html

Last Modified 2018-04-30T22:28:24+00:00

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation