5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Wireshark is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. Improper references to the previously processed bytes in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector, allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted packet.
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
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bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10978
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222895
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222902
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238166
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240675
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=a6fc6aa0b4efc1a1c3d7a2e3b5189e888fb6ccc2
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03