UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8729

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8729

    Published: 4 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8729

    Summary:

    Details: The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8729, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8729

    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
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