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title: "CVE-2015-4652\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4652

Publication date 22 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

epan/dissectors/packet-gsm\_a\_dtap.c in the GSM DTAP dissector in Wireshark
1.12.x before 1.12.6 does not properly validate digit characters, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
via a crafted packet, related to the de\_emerg\_num\_list and de\_bcd\_num
functions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1 |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u2 |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4652)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4652)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4652)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4652)

### Other references

* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-20.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4652>