Bug 1222434 – CVE-2015-3810 wireshark: WebSocket DoS (wnpa-sec-2015-13)

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Bug 1222434 - (CVE-2015-3810) CVE-2015-3810 wireshark: WebSocket DoS (wnpa-sec-2015-13)

Summary:	CVE-2015-3810 wireshark: WebSocket DoS (wnpa-sec-2015-13)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2015-3810

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

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1245883 1245885
Blocks:	1210268 1222441
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Reported:	2015-05-18 04:39 EDT by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2016-02-22 05:24 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 1.12.5
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-11-19 23:51:11 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
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 Martin Prpič 2015-05-18 04:39:08 EDT

It was reported that Wireshark's WebSocket dissector could recurse excessively. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

This flaw is fixed in versions the following Wireshark versions: 1.12.5.

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10989

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-13.html

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-05-18 04:43:24 EDT

Fixed in Fedora via:

FEDORA-2015-8150 -- wireshark-1.12.5-1.fc21

Comment 2 Siddharth Sharma 2015-06-17 08:38:45 EDT

Upstream Fix
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https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=patch;h=4ee6bcbd2e03a25f1e6b0239558d9edeaf8040c0

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 07:37:08 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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