CVE-2015-6245 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Wireshark's GSM RLC/MAC dissector using crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-6245?
CVE-2015-6245 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
epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC/MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 uses incorrect integer data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6245?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6245?
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-2015-6245 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6245 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6245, GHSA-jrcq-8mhg-jrj4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6245.