Data Handling in Wireshark and Opensuse - CVE-2015-0560
Published: January 10, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40959
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-2015-0560
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Wireshark
Opensuse
Wireshark
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c in the WCCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0560
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62612
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-01.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10806
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=a442a1c0e815fd61416cf408bd74d85a042ccc6a