CVE-2013-1572

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    CVE-2013-1572

    Published: 3 Feb 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_oampdu_event_notification function in epan/dissectors/packet-slowprotocols.c in the IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle certain short lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

    References: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8036, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-slowprotocols.c?r1=46336&r2=46335&pathrev=46336, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46336, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16423

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High