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CVE-2015-6243
Published: Aug 24, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2015-13945
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
1033272
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
FEDORA-2015-13946
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
76384
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-3367
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11381
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2015:1836
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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