PT-2016-3979

CVE-2015-8731

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Published

2015-12-31

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8 Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0
Description The issue is related to the dissct rsl ipaccess msg function in the RSL dissector, which does not properly handle unknown TLV types. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and application crash, via a crafted packet.
Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8, update to version 1.12.9 or later. For Wireshark versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.1 or later.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2015-2215
DSA-3516-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1
SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1
SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1
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