CVE-2019-5716

Wireshark 2.6.0–2.6.5 contained a crash in the 6LoWPAN dissector. The root cause was use of TVB before creation in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c; this was addressed by avoiding the premature TVB use. Technical details across connected sources confirm the affected component, vulnerability class...

CVE-2019-5716

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5, the 6LoWPAN dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c by avoiding use of a TVB before its creation...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1427)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.162 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the pagetables of a...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.162 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the pagetables of a...

Hacking LIFX Smart LED Light bulbs to steal WiFi Passwords

Context Information Security firm has discovered a security vulnerability in LIFX smart LED light bulbs that can be remotely controlled by mobile devices. Researchers at Context Information Security have discovered a security flaw in a WiFi enabled, smart LED light LIFX bulb that can be remotely...

CVE-2011-1138

Off-by-one error in the dissect6lowpaniphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet...

Code injection

Off-by-one error in the dissect6lowpaniphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet...

CVE-2011-1138

Off-by-one error in the dissect6lowpaniphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet...

CVE-2011-1138

Off-by-one error in the dissect6lowpaniphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet...

CVE-2011-1138

CVE-2011-1138 affects Wireshark 1.4.0–1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms, caused by an off-by-one error in dissect_6lowpan_iphc that can crash the application via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet (DoS). The issue is documented in multiple advisories and vulnerability feeds tied to Wireshark DoS/Parse handl...

CVE-2011-1138

Off-by-one error in the dissect6lowpaniphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet...

Wireshark < 1.2.15 / 1.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The installed version of Wireshark is 1.0.x or 1.2.x less than 1.2.15 or 1.4.x less than 1.4.4. Such versions are affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The BER dissector may loop indefinitely. Bug 1516 - A crash can occur in the NTLMSSP dissector. Bug 5157 - An error exists in the...

Wireshark 6LoWPAN denial of service vulnerability

Overview Wireshark will crash on 32-bit systems while reading a malformed 6LoWPAN packet. Description Paul Makowski's report states:dissect6lowpaniphcin /epan/dissectors/packet-6lowpan.c trusts user supplied data when incrementing 'offset '. It is possible for the user to increment 'offset ' to a...