Input validation error in Wireshark.org products - CVE-2013-2486
Published: March 7, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43023
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2486
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
SUSE
Wireshark.org
SUSE
Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Wireshark
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The dissect_diagnosticrequest function in epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2486
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c?r1=47805&r2=47804&pathrev=47805
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47805
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-21.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8364
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16109