| Name | CVE-2015-8741 |
| Description | The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (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) |
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 | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wireshark | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| wireshark | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| wireshark | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.x)
[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.x)
[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 2.x)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html