SB2014061805 - Input validation error in Wireshark
Published: June 18, 2014 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014061805
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4020)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The dissect_frame function in epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c in the frame metadissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.8 interprets a negative integer as a length value even though it was intended to represent an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00049.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-07.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10030
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9999
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=beb119f911a698d44f4baa06d888bb1e775983bc