vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8723): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 4, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2015-8723
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8723
- CWE-119
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3505
- EUVD-EUVD-2015-8600
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8600
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8723
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