Vulnerability CVE-2015-3813
Published: 2015-05-26

Description:
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Wireshark -> Wireshark 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74633
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-16.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11129
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=c35f2ccb4433718416551cc7a85afb0860529d57
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
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