CVE-2015-6248

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
Link Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2015-08-24 23:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2015-6248

Mitre link : CVE-2015-6248

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-6248


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Products Affected

oracle

  • linux
  • solaris

wireshark

  • wireshark
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation