Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2014-2281
Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41944
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-2014-2281
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 nfs_name_snoop_add_name function in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 does not validate a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted NFS packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2281
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=54875&r2=54874&pathrev=54875
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=54875
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00047.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2871
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029907
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-01.html
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark10
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9672