CVE-2013-2482
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.1
6.1CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The AMPQ dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-17.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8337
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16677