CVE-2013-4083

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    CVE-2013-4083

    Published: 9 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16, 1.8.x before 1.8.8, and 1.10.0 does not validate a certain fragment length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/53762, http://secunia.com/advisories/54296, http://secunia.com/advisories/54425, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8717, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c?r1=49802&r2=49801&pathrev=49802, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49802, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html, 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-2013-41.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16375

    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