Division by zero in wireshark (Alpine package)

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

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wireshark (Alpine package): 1.4.15-r0 - 1.6.10-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:wireshark_alpine_package:1.4.15-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.1
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:wireshark_alpine_package:1.6.3-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.3
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:wireshark_alpine_package:1.6.5-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.3

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=613bdb594da5755b5b65dea30c7f2dee397dbdc3
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=33110358d3beda6bb2bb1d87269ed6efe5bd2fe8
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a2c3269ad447f4eafb97229af335652819014f69

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).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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