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Wireshark : CVE-2015-8723 : 802.11 decryption crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2015-8723 : 802.11 decryption crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_12_9
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_0_1

References

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