vulnerability: Wireshark up to 1.12.6 ptvcursor epan/proto.c ptvcursor_add denial of service : 8/25/2015 5:08:20 AM

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Vulnerabilities of scip VulDB

Wireshark up to 1.12.6 ptvcursor epan/proto.c ptvcursor_add denial of service
8/23/2015 7:00:00 PM

General

scipID: 77425
Affected: Wireshark up to 1.12.6
Published: 08/24/2015
Risk: problematic

Created: 08/25/2015
Entry: 67.9% complete

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 1.12.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ptvcursor_add of the file epan/proto.c of the component ptvcursor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (crash). As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 08/24/2015. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6248. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn’t need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.12.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

CVSS

Base Score: 4.3 (CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) [?]
Temp Score: 3.7 (CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:ND) [?]

CPE

Exploiting

Class: Denial of service
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: No

Countermeasures

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: Official fix
0-Day Time: 0 days since found

Upgrade: Wireshark 1.12.7

Timeline

08/24/2015 | Advisory disclosed
08/25/2015 | VulDB entry created
08/25/2015 | VulDB entry updated

Sources

CVE: CVE-2015-6248 (mitre.org) (nvd.nist.org) (cvedetails.com)

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