CVE-2013-4931

wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the GSM RR dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-49)

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the GSM RR dissector.

epan/proto.c en Wireshark 1.8.x anterior 1.8.9 y 1.10.x anterior 1.10.1, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (bucle) a través de un paquete manipulado que no está gestionado adecuadamente por el disector GSM RR.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-07-26 CVE Reserved
2013-07-29 CVE Published
2023-03-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	Third Party Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17325	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/proto.c?r1=50504&r2=50503&pathrev=50504	2017-09-19
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50504	2017-09-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	2017-09-19
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	2017-09-19
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4931	2014-03-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990170	2014-03-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.0"		-		Affected