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CVE-2026-15170

CVE-2026-15170: 2 tracked advisory records across GitLab, Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.

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GitLab

1 advisory

Red Hat

1 advisory
  • Advisory severityMedium5.5

    Medium [CVE-2026-15170] Denial of service via Z39.50 protocol dissector crash

    CVE-2026-15170Source published Source updated

    Z39.50 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service A heap buffer overflow can occur when the dissector processes malformed Z39.50 records with partial directory entries, as the pre-allocated array size is calculated using floor division and does not account for additional partial entries. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to open a specially crafted packet capture file, causing Wireshark to crash. This flaw requires user interaction, specifically opening a specially crafted packet capture file, limiting its immediate impact on typical server deployments. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-131. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red…

    Affected products in this advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • Red Hat package: wireshark
    Source-reported affected versions
    Affected-version details not available in this record.
    Source-reported fixed versions
    No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
    Mitigation guidance
    • Avoid opening capture files from untrusted sources.

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