Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3812 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11.c in the X11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201510-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201510-03 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86688
    published2015-11-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86688
    titleGLSA-201510-03 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2015-2393.NASL
    descriptionUpdated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248) The CVE-2015-3182 issue was discovered by Martin Zember of Red Hat. The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1238676) This update also fixes the following bug : * Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87156
    published2015-12-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87156
    titleCentOS 7 : wireshark (CESA-2015:2393)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2017-0631.NASL
    descriptionAn update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Security Fix(es) : * Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075) Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id97877
    published2017-03-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97877
    titleRHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2017:0631)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3277.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for LBMR, web sockets, WCP, X11, IEEE 802.11 and Android Logcat, which could result in denial of service.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83960
    published2015-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83960
    titleDebian DSA-3277-1 : wireshark - security update
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idWIRESHARK_1_12_5.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.10.x prior to 1.10.14, or 1.12.x prior to 1.12.5. It is, therefore, affected by various denial of service vulnerabilities in the following items : - LBMR dissector (CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809) - WebSocket dissector (CVE-2015-3810) - WCP dissector (CVE-2015-3811) - X11 dissector (CVE-2015-3812) - Packet reassembly code (CVE-2015-3813) - IEEE 802.11 dissector (CVE-2015-3814) - Android Logcat file parser (CVE-2015-3815, CVE-2015-3906) A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause Wireshark to crash or consume excessive CPU resources, either by injecting a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing a user to read a malformed packet trace or PCAP file. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83488
    published2015-05-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83488
    titleWireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.14 / 1.12.x < 1.12.5 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2015-2393.NASL
    descriptionUpdated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248) The CVE-2015-3182 issue was discovered by Martin Zember of Red Hat. The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1238676) This update also fixes the following bug : * Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86988
    published2015-11-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86988
    titleRHEL 7 : wireshark (RHSA-2015:2393)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2015-1098-1.NASL
    descriptionWireshark was updated and fixes the following issues : CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data. CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84361
    published2015-06-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84361
    titleSUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1098-1)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20151119_WIRESHARK_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    descriptionSeveral denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248) The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. This update also fixes the following bug : - Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2015-12-22
    plugin id87578
    published2015-12-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87578
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2015-1046-1.NASL
    descriptionWireshark was updated to 1.10.14 to fix four security issues. The following vulnerabilities have been fixed : - CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data. (wnpa-sec-2015-14) - CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-15) - CVE-2015-3813: The packet reassembly code could leak memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-16) - CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-17) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84191
    published2015-06-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84191
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1046-1)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2017-0631.NASL
    descriptionAn update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Security Fix(es) : * Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075) Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id97954
    published2017-03-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97954
    titleCentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2017:0631)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-2393.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2015:2393 : Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248) The CVE-2015-3182 issue was discovered by Martin Zember of Red Hat. The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1238676) This update also fixes the following bug : * Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87038
    published2015-11-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87038
    titleOracle Linux 7 : wireshark (ELSA-2015-2393)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-380.NASL
    descriptionWireshark was updated to 1.10.14 to fix three security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data (wnpa-sec-2015-14) - CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory (wnpa-sec-2015-15) - CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2015-17)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-26
    plugin id83806
    published2015-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83806
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2015-380)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20170321_WIRESHARK_ON_SL6_X.NASL
    descriptionSecurity Fix(es) : - Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075)
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2017-04-06
    plugin id99228
    published2017-04-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99228
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170321)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2017-0631.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2017:0631 : An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Security Fix(es) : * Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075) Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99066
    published2017-03-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99066
    titleOracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2017-0631)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2017-813.NASL
    descriptionSeveral denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99186
    published2017-04-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99186
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2017-813)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-379.NASL
    descriptionWireshark was updated to 1.12.5 to fix security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities have been fixed : - CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809: The LBMR dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-12) - CVE-2015-3810: The WebSocket dissector could recurse excessively. (wnpa-sec-2015-13) - CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data. (wnpa-sec-2015-14) - CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-15) - CVE-2015-3813: The packet reassembly code could leak memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-16) - CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-17) - CVE-2015-3815: The Android Logcat file parser could crash. (wnpa-sec-2015-18)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-05-26
    plugin id83805
    published2015-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83805
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2015-379)
  • NASL familyNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
    NASL idNEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0103_WIRESHARK.NASL
    descriptionThe remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has wireshark packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A flaw was found in X11 dissector of wireshark of which an attacker could make wireshark consume excessive CPU resources which could make system unresponsive by injecting specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2015-3812) - A flaw was found in WCP dissector of wireshark of which an attacker could crash wireshark by injecting a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2015-3811) - A flaw was found in the way packet reassembly code of wireshark would parse a packet which could leak memory. An attacker could use this flaw to crash wireshark by sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2015-3813) - A flaw was found in GMR (Geo-Mobile Radio) 1 BCCH protocol dissector of wireshark which an attacker can trigger a denial of service attack and crash wireshark by sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2013-4075) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id127333
    published2019-08-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127333
    titleNewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0103)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_A13500D0057011E5AAB1D050996490D0.NASL
    descriptionWireshark development team reports : The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. - wnpa-sec-2015-12 The LBMR dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 11036) CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809 - wnpa-sec-2015-13 The WebSocket dissector could recurse excessively. (Bug 10989) CVE-2015-3810 - wnpa-sec-2015-14 The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data. (Bug 10978) CVE-2015-3811 - wnpa-sec-2015-15 The X11 dissector could leak memory. (Bug 11088) CVE-2015-3812 - wnpa-sec-2015-16 The packet reassembly code could leak memory. (Bug 11129) CVE-2015-3813 - wnpa-sec-2015-17 The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 11110) CVE-2015-3814 - wnpa-sec-2015-18 The Android Logcat file parser could crash. Discovered by Hanno Bock. (Bug 11188) CVE-2015-3815
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83902
    published2015-05-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83902
    titleFreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (a13500d0-0570-11e5-aab1-d050996490d0)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2017:0631
rpms
  • wireshark-0:1.10.14-7.el7
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.10.14-7.el7
  • wireshark-devel-0:1.10.14-7.el7
  • wireshark-gnome-0:1.10.14-7.el7
  • wireshark-0:1.8.10-25.el6
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.8.10-25.el6
  • wireshark-devel-0:1.8.10-25.el6
  • wireshark-gnome-0:1.8.10-25.el6