CVE-2015-8729
published 2016-01-04CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the…
PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.0
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The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
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_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-4j9x-qcwv-7w37: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-8729 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-4j9x-qcwv-7w37: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
OSV
CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext
osv·2016-01-04·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8729 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Red Hat
wireshark: Ascend file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2015-47)
vendor_redhat·2015-12-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8729 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 wireshark: Ascend file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2015-47)
wireshark: Ascend file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2015-47)
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
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-2015-8729: wireshark - The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wi...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8729 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8729: wireshark - The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wi...
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
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-2015-47.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27bhttps://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-2015-47.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27bhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
2016-01-04
Published