CVE-2015-6248
published 2015-08-24CVE-2015-6248: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data…
PriorityP420medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNINAP
EPSS
2.98%
85.9th percentile
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 (bookworm) |
| oracle | linux | — | — |
| oracle | solaris | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)
vendor_redhat·2015-08-11·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-6248 [MEDIUM] wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)
wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Statement: This issue affects the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2015-6248: wireshark - The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wi...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-6248 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-6248: wireshark - The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wi...
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1)
GHSA
GHSA-3p72-rmv7-7jc9: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2015-6248 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-3p72-rmv7-7jc9: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
OSV
CVE-2015-6248: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto
osv·2015-08-24·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-6248 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-6248: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbchttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc
2015-08-24
Published