Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU1404-WIRESHARK-636598
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Mar 2013

Introduced: 7 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-2486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

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 dissect_diagnosticrequest function in epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet.