CVE-2015-6248

Publication date 24 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wireshark	Upstream: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc Upstream: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0

CVE-2015-6248

Status

Patch details

References

Other references