Vulnerability CVE-2015-2189
Published: 2015-03-07   Modified: 2015-03-08

Description:
Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric 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 
Oracle -> Linux 
Oracle -> Solaris 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Mageia -> Mageia 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1460.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72944
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10895
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=a835c85e3d662343d7283f1dcdacb8a11d1d0727
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
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