CVE-2015-8715

NameCVE-2015-8715
Descriptionepan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c in the AllJoyn dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not check for empty arguments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3505-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)buster2.6.20-0+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.6.20-0+deb10u8fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie4.2.2-1fixed
sid4.2.2-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
wiresharksourcewheezy1.8.2-5wheezy17DSA-3505-1
wiresharksourcejessie1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u4DSA-3505-1
wiresharksource(unstable)2.0.1+g59ea380-1

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=40caff2d1fb08262c84aaaa8ac584baa8866dd7c
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11607
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-34.html

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