PT-2013-5271 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2013-06-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-4923

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.1

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the dissect dcom ActivationProperties function in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory through crafted packets.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.1, update to version 1.10.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4923

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 276

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50094 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4923 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-44.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c?r1=50094&r2=50093&pathrev=50094 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4923 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · 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
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1140 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4298 · Note