CVE-2015-6246

wireshark: WaveAgent dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-26)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The dissect_wa_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c in the WaveAgent dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles large tag values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vulnerabilidad en la función dissect_wa_payload en epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c en el disector WaveAgent en Wireshark 1.12.x en versiones anteriores a 1.12.7, no maneja adecuadamente los valores de etiqueta grandes, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) a través de un paquete manipulado.

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-08-14 CVE Reserved
2015-08-24 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76381	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272	Vdb Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358	Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5523726e6960fe9d7e301376fd7a94599f65fd42	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367	2023-11-07
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-26.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6246	2015-11-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253357	2015-11-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.6"		-		Affected