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wireshark: TLS/SSL decryption crash (wnpa-sec-2015-05)

Published Jan 10, 2015

Description

Buffer underflow in the ssl_decrypt_record function in epan/dissectors/packet-ssl-utils.c in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decryption of an SSL session.

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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