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title: "CVE-2014-2283\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2283

Publication date 11 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

epan/dissectors/packet-rlc in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before
1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 uses inconsistent memory-management
approaches, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(use-after-free error and application crash) via a crafted UMTS Radio Link
Control packet.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 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-2014-2283)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2283)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2283)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2283)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9730>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-03.html>
* <https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=217293ba4a0353bf5d657e74fe8623dd3c86fe08>
* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9802>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2283>