Wireshark AMPQ Dissector CVE-2013-2482 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58353
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2013-2482
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 06 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 09 2013 01:58PM
Credit:	Moshe Kaplan
Vulnerable:	Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.8 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.7 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.6 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.5 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.4 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.3 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.2 Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.1 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Not Vulnerable:

Wireshark AMPQ Dissector CVE-2013-2482 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can leverage this issue to cause an affected application to consume excessive amount of CPU time and enter an infinite loop, which may cause denial-of-service conditions.

The following products are affected:

Wireshark 1.6.0 through versions 1.6.13
Wireshark 1.8.0 through versions 1.8.5

Wireshark AMPQ Dissector CVE-2013-2482 Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue through readily available tools.
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Wireshark AMPQ Dissector CVE-2013-2482 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Wireshark AMPQ Dissector CVE-2013-2482 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Wireshark Homepage (Wireshark)