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FKIE_CVE-2013-3557

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-25 03:18 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:55
Severity
Summary
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/53425
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/54425
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1
wireshark wireshark 1.6.2
wireshark wireshark 1.6.3
wireshark wireshark 1.6.4
wireshark wireshark 1.6.5
wireshark wireshark 1.6.6
wireshark wireshark 1.6.7
wireshark wireshark 1.6.8
wireshark wireshark 1.6.9
wireshark wireshark 1.6.10
wireshark wireshark 1.6.11
wireshark wireshark 1.6.12
wireshark wireshark 1.6.13
wireshark wireshark 1.6.14
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark wireshark 1.8.2
wireshark wireshark 1.8.3
wireshark wireshark 1.8.4
wireshark wireshark 1.8.5
wireshark wireshark 1.8.6
debian debian_linux 7.0
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.2
opensuse opensuse 12.3
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