CVE-2013-2486

Description

The dissect_diagnosticrequest function in epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16109

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8364

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-21.html

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/53425

http://secunia.com/advisories/52471

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47805

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c?r1=47805&r2=47804&pathrev=47805

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3