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CVE-2013-3558

Publication date 25 May 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Status

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
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
wireshark