PT-2016-3965 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-8717

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 dissect sdp function in the SDP dissector, which does not prevent the use of a negative media count. 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 1.12.8, 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-2015-8717

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
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8717 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8717 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8727 · Security Note
• 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
• 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