Wireshark PPP Dissector CVE-2013-4076 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	60499
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-4076
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 10 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:44PM
Credit:	Laurent Butti
Vulnerable:	Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.7 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.6 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.5 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.4 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.3 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.2 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.1 Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.0 Gentoo Linux Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.8

Wireshark PPP Dissector CVE-2013-4076 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

An attacker can leverage this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 60448 (Wireshark Multiple Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service), but has been moved to its own record for better documentation.

Wireshark versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.7 are vulnerable.

Wireshark PPP Dissector CVE-2013-4076 Denial of Service Vulnerability

A sample packet trace file is available in the Wireshark bug report. Please see the references for more information.

Wireshark PPP Dissector CVE-2013-4076 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Wireshark PPP Dissector CVE-2013-4076 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 7880 - Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2012-10-19-28735.pcap (Wireshark)
  
• Revision 46128 (wmeier)
  
• Wireshark 1.8.8 Release Notes (Wireshark)
  
• Wireshark Homepage (Wireshark)