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title: "CVE-2013-2475\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2475

Publication date 7 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2475)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2475)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2475)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2475)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8274>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-10.html>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2475>