Vulnerability CVE-2015-3814
Published: 2015-05-26

Description:
The (1) dissect_tfs_request and (2) dissect_tfs_response functions in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 interpret a zero value as a length rather than an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

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 -> Solaris 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74631
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-17.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11110
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=e243b0041328980a9bbd43bb8a8166d7422f9096
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
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