CVE-2013-4933

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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