CVE-2013-1578
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 3, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 30, 2013
Description
The dissect_pw_eth_heuristic function in epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle apparent Ethernet address values at the beginning of MPLS data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a malformed packet.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16205vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8043
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0285vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0276vendor-advisory
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c?r1=46420&r2=46419&pathrev=46420
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46420
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