FKIE_CVE-2015-6248

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-08-24 23:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:30
Severity
Summary
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oracle linux 7
oracle solaris 11.3
wireshark wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark wireshark 1.12.3
wireshark wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark wireshark 1.12.6
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