Bug 1296090 (CVE-2015-8741) - CVE-2015-8741 wireshark: PPI dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-59)
Summary: CVE-2015-8741 wireshark: PPI dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-59)
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2015-8741
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2016-01-06 10:10 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:32 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.0.1
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Last Closed: 2016-01-06 10:27:24 UTC
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-01-06 10:10:18 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's PPI 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=11876

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59
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