vulnerability: Wireshark up to 1.12.6 WaveAgent Dissector packet-waveagent.c dissect_wa_payload denial of service : 8/25/2015 5:08:21 AM

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Wireshark up to 1.12.6 WaveAgent Dissector packet-waveagent.c dissect_wa_payload denial of service
8/23/2015 7:00:00 PM

General

scipID: 77423
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 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function dissect_wa_payload of the file epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c of the component WaveAgent Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (crash). Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 08/24/2015. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6246. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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-2015-6246 (mitre.org) (nvd.nist.org) (cvedetails.com)

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