Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WIRESHARK-378397
  • published20 Sept 2014
  • disclosed20 Sept 2014

Introduced: 20 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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