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title: "CVE-2013-7113\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-7113

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

epan/dissectors/packet-bssgp.c in the BSSGP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x
before 1.10.4 incorrectly relies on a global variable, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted
packet.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 1.8.2-5wheezy9build0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7113)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7113)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-7113)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7113)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9488>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-67.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53803>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/epan/dissectors/packet-bssgp.c?r1=53803&r2=53802&pathrev=53803>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7113>