CVE-2015-6243

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-6243
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-08-24T23:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-27T16:08:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11381 Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=eb1ccbdccde89701f255f921d88992878057477d
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76384
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6243
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6243
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 06:08:10 2015-08-24T23:59Z 2015-08-24T23:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 06:08:10 2019-12-27T16:08:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 06:08:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated