Use After Free Affecting wireshark-devel package, versions <0:1.10.14-7.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARKDEVEL-4597569
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Jan 2015

Introduced: 7 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-0562  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wireshark-devel to version 0:1.10.14-7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2393.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in epan/dissectors/packet-dec-dnart.c in the DEC DNA Routing Protocol dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the use of packet-scope memory instead of pinfo-scope memory.

CVSS Scores

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