UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6243

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6243

    Published: 24 Aug 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6243

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6243, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wireshark

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~ubuntu14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1

    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