CVE-2015-6241

Name	CVE-2015-6241
Description	The proto_tree_add_bytes_item function in epan/proto.c in the protocol-tree implementation in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly terminate a data structure after a failure to locate a number within a string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3367-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wireshark (PTS)	bookworm, bookworm (security)	4.0.17-0+deb12u3	fixed
	trixie (security), trixie	4.4.18-0+deb13u1	fixed
	forky	4.6.6-1	fixed
	sid	4.6.6-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
wireshark	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life
wireshark	source	wheezy	(not affected)
wireshark	source	jessie	1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u3		DSA-3367-1
wireshark	source	(unstable)	1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Notes

[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - wireshark <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-21.html