Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark by the Wireshark Foundation
CVE-2013-2485

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Opensuse
Status
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 March 2013

What is CVE-2013-2485?

The FCSP dissector in specified versions of Wireshark allows remote attackers to exploit a denig of service condition by sending a malformed packet, causing an infinite loop and rendering the application unresponsive. This vulnerability emphasizes the need for timely updates to secure network analysis tools and protect against remote exploits.

References

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg000...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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