| Name | CVE-2015-8722 |
| Description | epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3505-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | buster | 2.6.20-0+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.2.2-1 | fixed |
| sid | 4.2.2-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - wireshark <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2259bf8a827088081bef101f98e4983de8aa8099
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=1b32d505a59475d51d9b2bed5f0869d2d154e8b6
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.html