CVE-2013-2479

Publication date 7 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The dissect_mpls_echo_tlv_dd_map function in epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c in the MPLS Echo dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid Sub-tlv data.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wireshark	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Ignored
	12.10 quantal	Ignored
	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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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wireshark	Upstream: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605009#147

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8039
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-14.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46391
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c?r1=46391&r2=46390&pathrev=46391
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2479