Published: 15/11/2015 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The pcapng_read_if_descr_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng parser in Wireshark 1.12.x prior to 1.12.8 uses too many levels of pointer indirection, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers interface-filter copying.

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oracle solaris 11.3
wireshark wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark wireshark 1.12.7
wireshark wireshark 1.12.6
wireshark wireshark 1.12.3

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for Pcapng, NBAP, UMTS FP, DCOM, AllJoyn, T38, SDP, NLM, DNS, BED, SCTP, 80211, DIAMETER, VeriWave, RVSP, ANSi A, GSM A, Ascend, NBAP, ZigBee ZCL and Sniffer which could result in denial of service For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version ...

The pcapng_read_if_descr_block function in wiretap/pcapngc in the pcapng parser in Wireshark 112x before 1128 uses too many levels of pointer indirection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect free and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers interface-filter copying ...

CWE-20 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11455 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-30.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78723 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77101 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-624 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033953 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=72497918b16b706c3ba75e1f731f58b802ca14d1 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-3505 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7830

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