CVE-2013-4082 Information

Description

The vwr_read function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not validate the relationship between a record length and a trailer length which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Reference

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=49739&r2=49738&pathrev=49739 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49739 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html http://secunia.com/advisories/53762 http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-40.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8760 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A16886