CVE-2013-4929

EPSS 3.6%

The parseFields function in epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c in the DIS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not terminate packet-data processing after finding zero remaining bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

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References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c?r1=50450&r2=50449&pathrev=50450 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50450 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8911 http://secunia.com/advisories/54296 http://secunia.com/advisories/54371 http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17028 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-47.html http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html