CVE-2013-2486
Publication date 7 March 2013
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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wireshark | 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Patch details
Package | Patch details |
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wireshark |
References
Other references
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8364
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-21.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47805
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c?r1=47805&r2=47804&pathrev=47805
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2486