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title: "CVE-2013-7112\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7112?format=md
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# CVE-2013-7112

Publication date 19 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The dissect\_sip\_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP
dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 does
not check for empty lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

## 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 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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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7112)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7112)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-7112)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7112)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9388>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-66.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=51738>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c?r1=51738&r2=51737&pathrev=51738>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7112>
