The iseries_check_file_type function in wiretap/iseries.c in the iSeries file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not consider that a line may lack the "OBJECT PROTOCOL" substring, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201604-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackers could       escalate privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

- wnpa-sec-2016-02

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 11828) CVE-2016-2522

- wnpa-sec-2016-03

DNP dissector infinite loop. (Bug 11938) CVE-2016-2523

- wnpa-sec-2016-04

X.509AF dissector crash. (Bug 12002) CVE-2016-2524

- wnpa-sec-2016-05

HTTP/2 dissector crash. (Bug 12077) CVE-2016-2525

- wnpa-sec-2016-06

HiQnet dissector crash. (Bug 11983) CVE-2016-2526

- wnpa-sec-2016-07

3GPP TS 32.423 Trace file parser crash. (Bug 11982)

CVE-2016-2527

- wnpa-sec-2016-08

LBMC dissector crash. (Bug 11984) CVE-2016-2528

- wnpa-sec-2016-09

iSeries file parser crash. (Bug 11985) CVE-2016-2529

- wnpa-sec-2016-10

RSL dissector crash. (Bug 11829) CVE-2016-2530 CVE-2016-2531

- wnpa-sec-2016-11

LLRP dissector crash. (Bug 12048) CVE-2016-2532

- wnpa-sec-2016-12

Ixia IxVeriWave file parser crash. (Bug 11795)

- wnpa-sec-2016-13

IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. (Bug 11818)

- wnpa-sec-2016-14

GSM A-bis OML dissector crash. (Bug 11825)

- wnpa-sec-2016-15

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 12106)

- wnpa-sec-2016-16

SPICE dissector large loop. (Bug 12151)

- wnpa-sec-2016-17

NFS dissector crash.

- wnpa-sec-2016-18

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 11822)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
90744	GLSA-201604-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
89048	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (45117749-df55-11e5-b2bd-002590263bf5)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2016-2529

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

medium