Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2013-2481
Published: March 7, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33908
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2481
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer signedness error in the dissect_mount_dirpath_call function in epan/dissectors/packet-mount.c in the Mount dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when nfs_file_name_snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative length value.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2481
Install update from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 1.6.14
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.14-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.14-r0
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mount.c?r1=47672&r2=47671&pathrev=47672
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47672
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2644
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-16.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8335
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16420