Buffer overflow in Wireshark and Opensuse - CVE-2013-2477
Published: March 7, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43019
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2477
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Wireshark
Opensuse
Wireshark
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage function pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2477
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47888
- 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.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-12.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8383
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16589