CVE-2015-6241 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to improper data structure termination in the protocol tree implementation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-6241?
CVE-2015-6241 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 24 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The proto_tree_add_bytes_item function in epan/proto.c in the protocol-tree implementation in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly terminate a data structure after a failure to locate a number within a string, 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-2015-6241?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Oracle Solaris, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6241?
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-2015-6241 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6241 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6241, GHSA-92m2-qw95-6frf, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6241.