CVE-2013-3557 | BDVDB-2026-55981 Detail
Description#
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.