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title: "CVE-2015-6243\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6243

Publication date 24 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x
before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector\_get\_string\_handle and (2)
dissector\_get\_default\_string\_handle 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+deb8u3build0.15.04.1 |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6243?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wireshark | * Upstream:   <https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=eb1ccbdccde89701f255f921d88992878057477d> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6243)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6243)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6243)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6243)

### Other references

* <https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=eb1ccbdccde89701f255f921d88992878057477d>
* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11381>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6243>