wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)
Published Aug 24, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.98%
Description
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark-0:1.10.14-7.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2393
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark-0:1.10.14-7.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2393 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
References (17)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6248 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253360 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6248
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6248
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28
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