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CVE-2015-2188 Detail

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/07/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-07.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10844 Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b204ff4846fe84b7789893c6b1d9afbdecac5b5d Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2188
NVD Published Date:
03/07/2015
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018