CVE - CVE-2015-2188

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2188	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression.
References
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BID:72942 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-07.html CONFIRM:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10844 CONFIRM:https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b204ff4846fe84b7789893c6b1d9afbdecac5b5d DEBIAN:DSA-3210 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210 GENTOO:GLSA-201510-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:183 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1031858 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0489 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150302	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20150302)
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