Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-WIRESHARK-636284
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed25 May 2013

Introduced: 25 May 2013

CVE-2013-3556  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The fragment_add_seq_common function in epan/reassemble.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark before r48943 has an incorrect pointer dereference during a comparison, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.