CVE-2015-2190
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly handle integer data types greater than 32 bits in size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled by the LLDP dissector.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-09.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10983
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d1865e000ebedf49fc0d9f221a11d6af74360837
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2190
CWEs
CWE-19
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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