SB2013091611 - Input validation error in Wireshark
Published: September 16, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013091611
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5717)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not properly maintain a certain free list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the wmem_block_alloc function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.