vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8729): 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 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2015-8729
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8729
- DEBIAN-DSA-3505
- URL-http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8729
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