| Name | CVE-2015-6243 |
| Description | The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-497-1, DSA-3367-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.6.20-0+deb10u9~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| wireshark | source | wheezy | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u1 | DLA-497-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | jessie | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u3 | DSA-3367-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
[squeeze] - wireshark <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html