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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.803619
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector DoS Vulnerability (May 2013) - Mac OS X
Summary:Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
- 'fragment_add_seq_common' function in epan/reassemble.c has an incorrect
pointer dereference.

- 'dissect_ber_choice' function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c does not
properly initialize variables.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause denial of
service by injecting a malformed packet.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 on Mac OS X

Solution:
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.15 or 1.8.7 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-3557
Debian Security Information: DSA-2700 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0341
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0911 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0947 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1084 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1086 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-3556
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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