Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2013-3558
Published: May 25, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33898
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-2013-3558
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 service disruption.
The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3558
Install update from vendor's website.
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-ppp.c?r1=49214&r2=49213&pathrev=49214
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49214
- 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://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-2013-26.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8638
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16417