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CVE-2015-2191

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Description

Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c in the TNEF dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted length field in a packet.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72941

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-10.html

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11023

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=608cf324b3962877e9699f3e81e8f82ac9f1ea14

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-03-08

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-189

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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