CVE-2013-3557
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, 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
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.2 | affected | |
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.8.7-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.10 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.11 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.12 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.13 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.14 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.6 | |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944
- 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3557
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.