vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8724): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 4, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2015-8724
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8724
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3505
- URL-http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8724
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