Vulnerability identifier: #VU40558

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8737

CWE-ID: CWE-369

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor: Wireshark.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The mp2t_open function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the bit rate, which. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 2.0.0

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External links
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-55.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11821
http://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=e3fc691368af60bbbaec9e038ee6a6d3b7707955
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.