PT-2015-6342 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Gerald Combs · Published 2015-05-25 · Updated 2017-07-01 · CVE-2015-3906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.4

Description The issue arises from the logcat dump text function in wiretap/logcat.c, which is part of the Android Logcat file parser in Wireshark. This function does not properly handle a lack of 0 termination, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved by sending a crafted message in a packet, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and application crash.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.4, update to version 1.12.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the logcat dump text function in wiretap/logcat.c until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1462

CVE-2015-3906

DSA-3277-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 27

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3811 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3814 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3812 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3810 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3808 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3906 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-18.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3815 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3906 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3906 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3906 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3813 · Security Note