CVE-2013-3557

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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