CVE-2015-6243

Name	CVE-2015-6243
Description	The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-497-1, DSA-3367-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wireshark (PTS)	bullseye	3.4.10-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	3.4.16-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	4.0.17-0+deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	4.0.11-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	4.4.2-1	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	1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u1		DLA-497-1
wireshark	source	jessie	1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u3		DSA-3367-1
wireshark	source	(unstable)	1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

[squeeze] - wireshark <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html