Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2013-4929
Published: July 30, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33876
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4929
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The parseFields function in epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c in the DIS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not terminate packet-data processing after finding zero remaining bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4929
Install update from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 1.8.9
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.9-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.9-r0
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c?r1=50450&r2=50449&pathrev=50450
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50450
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8911
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17028
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-47.html