Input validation error in Wireshark and Opensuse - CVE-2015-2192

 

Input validation error in Wireshark and Opensuse - CVE-2015-2192

Published: March 8, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40878
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-2015-2192
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
SUSE
Affected software:
Wireshark
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Integer overflow in the dissect_osd2_cdb_continuation function in epan/dissectors/packet-scsi-osd.c in the SCSI OSD dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted length field in a packet.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-2192

Install update from vendor's website.

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