UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6431
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Summary:
Details: Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file that triggers writes of uncompressed bytes beyond the end of the output buffer.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6431, https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6431
Affected packages
Package
Name: wireshark
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
Affected versions
1.10.2-1
1.10.3-1
1.10.5-1ubuntu1
1.10.5-2
1.10.6-1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
