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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-2189: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-2189: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark

References

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