Wireshark up to 1.8.6 dissect_ber_choice certain memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dissect_ber_choice
. The manipulation of the argument certain
with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 05/24/2013 with Wireshark (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at anonsvn.wireshark.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-3557 since 05/20/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66881 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:172)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156814 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (ELSA-2014-0341)).
Upgrading to version 1.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84390) and Tenable (66881). Similar entries are available at 8814, 8815, 8816 and 8817.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.13
- 1.6.14
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.6
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 66881
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:172)
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OpenVAS ID: 892700
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2700-1 (wireshark - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.6.0
Timeline
05/17/2013 🔍05/17/2013 🔍
05/20/2013 🔍
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05/24/2013 🔍
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06/13/2013 🔍
03/24/2015 🔍
01/02/2022 🔍
Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: dsa-2700
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-3557 (🔍)
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X-Force: 84390
Vulnerability Center: 39753 - Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector \x27dissect_ber_choice\x27 Allows Remote DoS via a Malformed Packet, Medium
SecurityFocus: 60021 - Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector CVE-2013-3557 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 53425 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 01/02/2022 23:12
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (73), 05/01/2017 11:14 (7), 01/02/2022 22:49 (3), 01/02/2022 23:00 (1), 01/02/2022 23:12 (1)
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