CVE-2013-4082
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Memory corruption
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The vwr_read function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not validate the relationship between a record length and a trailer length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Official patch: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=49739&r2=49738&pathrev=49739 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=49739&r2=49738&pathrev=49739Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49739Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml