CVE-2015-8724
published 2016-01-04CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not…
PriorityP427medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
4.55%
90.4th percentile
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-2wg5-rphj-mv3r: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-8724 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-2wg5-rphj-mv3r: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
OSV
CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap
osv·2016-01-04·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8724 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Red Hat
wireshark: 802.11 decryption crash (wnpa-sec-2015-42)
vendor_redhat·2015-12-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8724 [MEDIUM] CWE-121 wireshark: 802.11 decryption crash (wnpa-sec-2015-42)
wireshark: 802.11 decryption crash (wnpa-sec-2015-42)
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2015-8724: wireshark - The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802....
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8724 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8724: wireshark - The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802....
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
No detection rules found.
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
2016-01-04
Published