SB2013091601 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Wireshark
Published: September 16, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013091601
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5718)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The dissect_nbap_T_dCH_ID function in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.10 and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not restrict the dch_id value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=51195
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54812
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55022
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2756
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9005
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18784
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-55.html