Upstream information

CVE-2016-2521 at MITRE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the WiresharkApplication class in ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse riched20.dll.dll file in the current working directory, related to use of QLibrary.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.2 4.3
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Complete None
Integrity Impact Complete None
Availability Impact Complete Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 968565 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 wireshark Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL wireshark Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 wireshark Released
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 wireshark Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 wireshark Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 wireshark Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 wireshark Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 wireshark Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 wireshark Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 wireshark Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 wireshark Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 wireshark Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Feb 27 15:27:01 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:07:56 2023