Off-by-one Error Affecting wireshark-devel package, versions <0:1.10.14-7.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-WIRESHARKDEVEL-2056451
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Mar 2015

Introduced: 4 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 wireshark-devel to version 0:1.10.14-7.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark-devel package and not the wireshark-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet.

CVSS Scores

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