Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2014-5161
Published: August 1, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41428
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-2014-5161
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip ' ' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5161
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57593
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380