Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-0562 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Wireshark Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers |
Vendor | Wireshark.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40956
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0562
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the use of packet-scope memory instead of pinfo-scope memory.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsWireshark: 1.10.0 - 1.12.2
CPE2.3http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1460.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62612
http://secunia.com/advisories/62673
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3141
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:022
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71921
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-03.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10724
http://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=a559f2a050947f793c00159c0cd4d30f403f217c
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.