NULL pointer dereference in Wireshark - CVE-2013-3559
Published: May 25, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3559
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a malformed packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3559
Update to version 1.8.7.
Wireshark - update to 1.8.7
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.15-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.15-r0
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c?r1=48644&r2=48643&pathrev=48644
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48644
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-27.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8231
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8540
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8541
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16228