Wireshark up to 1.8.6 dissect_ber_choice certain memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function dissect_ber_choice. This manipulation of the argument certain causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-3557. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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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), Tenable (66881), SecurityFocus (BID 60021†), Secunia (SA53425†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39753†). Similar entries are available at VDB-8814, VDB-8815, VDB-8816 and VDB-8817. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.6.0

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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: dsa-2700
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-3557 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3557
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64195

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X-Force: 84390
SecurityFocus: 60021 - Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector CVE-2013-3557 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 53425 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 39753 - Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector \x27dissect_ber_choice\x27 Allows Remote DoS via a Malformed Packet, Medium

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 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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