Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2015-8741
Published: January 4, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40554
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8741
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8741
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05