CVE-2015-2190
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-19
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-09.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858Advisory
- 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