CVE-2015-6243
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.9%
The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracle:linux | oracle linux | eq | 7 |
| oracle:solaris | oracle solaris | eq | 11.3 |
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76384
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11381
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb1ccbdccde89701f255f921d88992878057477d
Related
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.9%