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CVE-2013-4933

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Description

The netmon_open function in wiretap/netmon.c in the Netmon file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet-trace file.

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/netmon.c?r1=49673&r2=49672&pathrev=49673

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49673

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/54178

http://secunia.com/advisories/54296

http://secunia.com/advisories/54371

http://secunia.com/advisories/54425

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8742

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17412

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-51.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2013-07-30

Updated: 2017-09-19

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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