Out-of-bounds read and application crash vulnerability in Wireshark RSL dissector (CVE-2016-2532)

Out-of-bounds read and application crash vulnerability in Wireshark RSL dissector (CVE-2016-2532)

CVE-2016-2530 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the case of an unrecognized TLV type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2531.

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