medium5.0
CVE-2014-6429
The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not prope…
Impact
The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle empty input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | Wireshark | Versions 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.10.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049