PT-2016-3982 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2016-01-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-8734

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 2.0.0 through 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to the dissect nwp function in the NWP dissector, which mishandles the packet type. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8734

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 277

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8734 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-52.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5592 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1576 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2483 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1578 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6248 · Note