SB2013052507 - Input validation error in Wireshark

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SB2013052507 - Input validation error in Wireshark

Published: May 25, 2013 Updated: August 4, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013052507
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3561)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Multiple integer overflows in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a malformed packet, related to a crash of the Websocket dissector, an infinite loop in the MySQL dissector, and a large loop in the ETCH dissector.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References