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Wireshark : CVE-2013-1580 : Infinite and large loops in several dissectors

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Wireshark : CVE-2013-1580 : Infinite and large loops in several dissectors

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/02/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/04/2017

Description

The dissect_cmstatus_tlv function in plugins/docsis/packet-cmstatus.c in the DOCSIS CM-STATUS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 uses an incorrect data type for a position variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_6_13
  • wireshark-upgrade-1_8_5

References

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