CVE-2015-2191

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2191
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-08 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:25:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c in the TNEF dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted length field in a packet.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3210-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:183 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Wireshark ATN-CPDLC/WCP/LLDP/TNEF/SCSI OSD Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2015:0489-1: moderate: Security update for wireshark SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2015-10 · TNEF dissector infinite loop CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-03) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
11023 – Infinite loop DoS in TNEF dissector CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0117 - Updated wireshark package fixes security vulnerabilies CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Wireshark TNEF Dissector CVE-2015-2191 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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