VDB-10280 · CVE-2013-5717 · BID 62315

Wireshark 1.10/1.10.1 Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Wireshark 1.10/1.10.1 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not properly maintain a certain free list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the wmem_block_alloc function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c.

The weakness was published 09/11/2013 by Laurent Butti as wnpa-sec-2013-54 ยท Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector crash as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wireshark.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5717 since 09/11/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71488 (GLSA-201312-13 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121450 (Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2013-54- wnpa-sec-2013-60)).

Upgrading to version 1.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at wireshark.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (71488). wireshark.org is providing further details. Similar entries are available at 10266, 10281, 10282 and 10283.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 71488
Nessus Name: GLSA-201312-13 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803618
OpenVAS Name: Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability Sep13 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.10.2

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Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wnpa-sec-2013-54 · Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector crash
Researcher: Laurent Butti
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CVE: CVE-2013-5717 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 62315 - Wireshark NBAP Dissector CVE-2013-5718 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 54765 - Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97217

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Created: 09/16/2013 11:25
Updated: 04/29/2019 16:56
Changes: 09/16/2013 11:25 (85), 04/29/2019 16:56 (1)
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