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Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8729): wireshark vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8729): wireshark vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark

References

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