DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6243

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6243
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6243.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6243
Published
2015-08-24T23:59:03Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:03:20Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissectorgetstringhandle and (2) dissectorgetdefaultstring_handle functions.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}