Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenFlow Dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x

CVE-2015-6247 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The dissect_openflow_tablemod_v5 function in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c in the OpenFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not validate a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

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