UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8714

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8714

    Published: 4 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8714

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8714, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d34267d0503a67235bf259fd2f2f2d2bb8b18cf5, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11610, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-33.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8714

    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