Bug 1296083 (CVE-2015-8734)

Summary:	CVE-2015-8734 wireshark: NWP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-52)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, lemenkov, phatina, rvokal
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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 2.0.1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-01-06 10:08:22 UTC

It was reported that Wireshark's NWP dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

This flaw is fixed in the following Wireshark versions: 2.0.1.

Upstream bug(s):

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11726

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-52