CVE-2013-3558
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
| 12.2 | Affected | — |
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=49214&r2=49213&pathrev=49214
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49214
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-26.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8638
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16417
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3558
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.