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CVE-2014-6429

The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle empty input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Published

2014-09-20T10:55:06.527

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.10.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.12.0	Yes

References

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 ([email protected])
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60578 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61933 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461 ([email protected])
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 ([email protected])
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60578 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61933 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)