PT-2013-3819 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1
Evan Jensen
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Published
2013-03-07
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2013-2486
CVSS v2.0
6.1
Medium
| Vector | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Wireshark versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.5
Description
The issue is related to the
dissect diagnosticrequest function in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD) dissector, which uses an incorrect integer data type. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet.Recommendations
For Wireshark versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.5, update to version 1.8.6 or later to resolve the issue.
Fix
DoS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Suse
Wireshark