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title: "CVE-2013-2487\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2487

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

epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka
RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses incorrect integer
data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet, related to the (1)
dissect\_icecandidates, (2) dissect\_kinddata, (3) dissect\_nodeid\_list, (4)
dissect\_storeans, (5) dissect\_storereq, (6) dissect\_storeddataspecifier,
(7) dissect\_fetchreq, (8) dissect\_findans, (9) dissect\_diagnosticinfo, (10)
dissect\_diagnosticresponse, (11) dissect\_reload\_messagecontents, and (12)
dissect\_reload\_message functions, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2013-2486.

## 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2487?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wireshark | * Upstream:   <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47808> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2487)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2487)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2487)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2487)

### 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=47808>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c?r1=47808&r2=47807&pathrev=47808>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2487>