PT-2016-3964 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-8716

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8

Description The issue is related to the T.38 dissector in Wireshark, where the init t38 info conv function does not properly check if a conversation exists. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by sending a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8, update to version 1.12.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2215

CVE-2015-8716

DSA-3505-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 79

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8720 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8717 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8730 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8712 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8727 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8716 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8714 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8732 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8733 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8716 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8729 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8724 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8713 · Security Note