CVE-2013-4935
Publication date 30 July 2013
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
The dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not initialize a length field in certain abnormal situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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wireshark | ||
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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References
Other references
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722
- 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=49985
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4935