CVE-2015-3182

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-05-07
CWE:
CWE-704
Bugzilla:
1219409: CVE-2015-3182 wireshark: crash on sample file genbroad.snoop

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

epan/dissectors/packet-dec-dnart.c in the DECnet NSP/RT dissector in Wireshark 1.10.12 through 1.10.14 mishandles a certain strdup return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Find out more about CVE-2015-3182 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (wireshark) RHSA-2015:2393 2015-11-19

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Martin Žember of Red Hat.

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