CVE-2013-3561

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a malformed packet, related to a crash of the Websocket dissector, an infinite loop in the MySQL dissector, and a large loop in the ETCH dissector.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.52% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16755 vdb entry signature
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c?r1=48336&r2=48335&pathrev=48336
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48919 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/53425 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third party advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8448
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-31.html vendor advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48336 patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8464
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-29.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-30.html vendor advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-etch.c?r1=48919&r2=48918&pathrev=48919
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8458
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mysql.c?r1=48894&r2=48893&pathrev=48894
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html vendor advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48894 patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-3561?
CVE-2013-3561 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-3561?
To fix CVE-2013-3561, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-3561 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-3561 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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