Security Advisory

CVE-2015-8719

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-01-04 02:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 08:29:21
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The dissect_dns_answer function in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0 Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.