Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2015-3814
The (1) dissect_tfs_request and (2) dissect_tfs_response functions in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 interpret a zero value as a length rather than an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- Wireshark — versions 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277 (vendor-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-17.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74631 (vdb-entry)