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title: "CVE-2014-6426\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6426

Publication date 20 September 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

The dissect\_hip\_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP
dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL
tree, 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 | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 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-2014-6426)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6426)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6426)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6426)

### Other references

* <https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6426>