CVE-2015-0563

epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 uses an incorrect length value for certain string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-01-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Opensuse (Opensuse)
• Wireshark (Wireshark)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0019.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62612
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:022
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71916
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-04.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10823
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=611cfd00c283e7a77a2f1fd89c01b0b9f691411b
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=854157883bd1972e012c65c0418a9732ef5d9fb0