CVE-2014-6426 Information

Description

The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL tree which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Reference

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d9e5021fe79973d00ddd8fcef0bbefbaae63dd0f