Description
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 ↗
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944 ↗
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml ↗
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html ↗
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html ↗