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CVE-2013-1580

CVE-2013-1580

EPSS 0.7%
The dissect_cmstatus_tlv function in plugins/docsis/packet-cmstatus.c in the DOCSIS CM-STATUS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 uses an incorrect data type for a position variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
Affected products
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References
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/plugins/docsis/packet-cmstatus.c?r1=47045&r2=47044&pathrev=47045http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47045http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8199https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15509http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html