PT-2015-7137 · Wireshark+4 · Wireshark+4
Published
2015-08-11
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2015-6248
CVSS v2.0
4.3
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.6
Description
The issue is related to the ptvcursor add function in the ptvcursor implementation, which does not check if the expected amount of data is available. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.
Recommendations
For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.6, update to version 1.12.7 or later to resolve the issue.
Fix
DoS
RCE
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Wireshark