vulnerability: Wireshark up to 1.12.6 WCCP Dissector packet-wccp.c dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info denial of service : 8/25/2015 5:08:19 AM

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Wireshark up to 1.12.6 WCCP Dissector packet-wccp.c dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info denial of service
8/23/2015 7:00:00 PM

General

scipID: 77426
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 rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info of the file epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c of the component WCCP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (crash). Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 08/24/2015. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6249. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details 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-2015-6249 (mitre.org) (nvd.nist.org) (cvedetails.com)

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