Numeric Errors Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.8.2-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WIRESHARK-378119
  • published7 Mar 2013
  • disclosed7 Mar 2013

Introduced: 7 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-2478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 wireshark to version 1.8.2-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

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