UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4074

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4074

    Published: 9 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4074

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_capwap_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c in the CAPWAP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 incorrectly uses a -1 data value to represent an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4074, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8725, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-32.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43716, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c?r1=43716&r2=43715&pathrev=43716, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4074

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wireshark

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.6-1

    Affected versions

    1.10.2-1
    1.10.3-1
    1.10.5-1ubuntu1
    1.10.5-2

    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