PT-2013-3257 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Laurent Butti · Published 2013-02-02 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-1578

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.9

Low

Base vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.12 Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.4

Description The issue exists in the dissect pw eth heuristic function due to incorrect handling of apparent Ethernet address values at the beginning of MPLS data. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a malformed packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.12, update to version 1.6.13 or later. For Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.4, update to version 1.8.5 or later.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1578

DLA-497-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Suse

Wireshark

References · 279

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1578 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1578 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6243 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6428 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3558 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1576 · Note