Bug 1199165 – CVE-2015-2189 wireshark: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-08)

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Bug 1199165 - (CVE-2015-2189) CVE-2015-2189 wireshark: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-08)

Summary:	CVE-2015-2189 wireshark: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-08)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2015-2189

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Whiteboard:	impact=low,public=20150304,reported=2...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1199173 1208005 1245883 1245885
Blocks:	1199171 1210268
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Reported:	2015-03-05 09:40 EST by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified:	2016-01-25 08:48 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Wireshark 1.12.4,Wireshark 1.10.13
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-11-19 23:50:18 EST
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1460	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-07-21 10:14:59 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2393	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-11-19 06:03:11 EST

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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-05 09:40:56 EST

From: https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html

Name: Pcapng file parser crash
Docid: wnpa-sec-2015-08
Date: March 4, 2015
Affected versions: 1.12.0 to 1.12.3, 1.10.0 to 1.10.12

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10895
Upstream 1.10.x patch: https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/6802/

Description: The pcapng file parser could crash.
Impact: 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.

Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-05 09:49:37 EST

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1199173]

Comment 2 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-03-05 09:52:15 EST

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Comment 3 Siddharth Sharma 2015-04-01 06:10:02 EDT

Patch
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https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=patch;h=de0eeb5d6e34b26ab934bdf3e39884783c8afddd


POC
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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=13407

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 03:24:12 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:1460 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1460.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 07:36:56 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:2393 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2393.html

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