Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Wireshark RSL Dissector

Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Wireshark RSL Dissector

CVE-2015-8731 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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