Division by zero in Wireshark

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU32718

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2483

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The acn_add_dmp_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-acn.c in the ACN dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via an invalid count value in ACN_DMP_ADT_D_RE DMP data.

Mitigation

Update to version 1.6.14.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.6.0 - 1.6.13

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-acn.c?r1=47692&r2=47691&pathrev=47692
https://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47692
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/52471
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2644
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.html
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-18.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8340
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16411

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.