Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2015-3813
Published: May 26, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40765
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3813
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3813
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74633
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-16.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11129
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=c35f2ccb4433718416551cc7a85afb0860529d57
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03