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wireshark: DEC DNA Routing Protocol dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-03)

Published Jan 10, 2015

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in epan/dissectors/packet-dec-dnart.c in the DEC DNA Routing Protocol dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the use of packet-scope memory instead of pinfo-scope memory.

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Red Hat statement

This issue affects the verison of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprsie Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 10, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 6, 2015
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Jan 7, 2015