CVE-2013-4074 Information

Description

The dissect_capwap_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c in the CAPWAP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 incorrectly uses a -1 data value to represent an error condition which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Reference

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c?r1=43716&r2=43715&pathrev=43716 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43716 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/94091 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126848/Wireshark-CAPWAP-Dissector-Denial-Of-Service.html http://secunia.com/advisories/53762 http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33556 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172 http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-32.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8725 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16698