CVE-2017-15192 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 10 Oct 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

A flaw in the Bluetooth ATT dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark by sending packets with inconsistent encapsulation levels.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-15192?

CVE-2017-15192 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 10 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets have the same encapsulation level.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15192?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15192?

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-2017-15192 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15192 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-15192, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15192, GHSA-8p24-3ggp-6hcw, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15192.