Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark IPMI Dissector

Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark IPMI Dissector

CVE-2015-8739 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The ipmi_fmt_udpport function in epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi.c in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly attempts to access a packet scope, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet.

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