Improper Data Handling Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,1.12.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318460
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed8 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.12.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Data Handling epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly handle integer data types greater than 32 bits in size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled by the LLDP dissector.

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