Wireshark SDP Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser. In Wireshark version 1.12.x prior to 1.12.9, the function dissectsdp in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP parser does not prevent the use of negative media counts, and by constructing packets, a remote attacker can cause a denial of...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8717

The dissectsdp function in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a negative media count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted packet...