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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-3561: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-3561: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/24/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark

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