CVE-2013-1578 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a loop in Wireshark by sending malformed MPLS packets with specific Ethernet address values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1578?
CVE-2013-1578 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 3 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dissect_pw_eth_heuristic function in epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle apparent Ethernet address values at the beginning of MPLS data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a malformed packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1578?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-1578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1578, GHSA-7p96-h955-3rjc.