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title: "CVE-2013-4931\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4931

Publication date 30 July 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

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

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## Description

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted
packet that is not properly handled by the GSM RR dissector.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4931)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4931)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4931)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4931)

### Other references

* <https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html>
* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50504>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/proto.c?r1=50504&r2=50503&pathrev=50504>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4931>
