Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark DNP3 Dissector

CVE-2016-2523 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

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