Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark 1.12.x and 2.x

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark 1.12.x and 2.x

CVE-2016-5351 · MEDIUM Severity

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

epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the lack of an EAPOL_RSN_KEY, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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