CVE-2015-8731

NameCVE-2015-8731
DescriptionThe dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3516-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19fixed
stretch (security)2.6.20-0+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.6.20-0+deb10u9~deb9u1fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.6.20-0+deb10u9fixed
buster (security)2.6.20-0+deb10u8fixed
bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)3.4.16-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4.0.17-0+deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.4.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
wiresharksourcewheezy1.8.2-5wheezy18DSA-3516-1
wiresharksourcejessie1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u5DSA-3516-1
wiresharksource(unstable)2.0.1+g59ea380-1

Notes

[squeeze] - wireshark <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2930d3105c3ff2bfb1278b34ad10e2e71c3b8fb0
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11829
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-49.html
fix released in 2.0.1 is incomplete, but the rest is tracked under CVE-2016-2530

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