CVE-2015-0563 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted SMTP packets due to incorrect length handling in the dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0563?
CVE-2015-0563 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 10 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 uses an incorrect length value for certain string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0563?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0563?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-0563 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0563 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0563, GHSA-x3q8-3jrc-q6hp, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0563.