CVE-2015-6244 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending a crafted ZigBee packet due to improper length validation 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-2015-6244?
CVE-2015-6244 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Linux, 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 dissect_zbee_secure function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c in the ZigBee dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 improperly relies on length fields contained in packet data, 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-2015-6244?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6244?
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-2015-6244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6244, GHSA-f943-fr9x-gj9q, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6244.