CVE-2013-4079 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via a crafted GSM CBCH packet, leading to an infinite loop and application hang.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4079?
CVE-2013-4079 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 9 Jun 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dissect_schedule_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch.c in the GSM CBCH dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4079?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4079?
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-2013-4079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4079, GHSA-gv8v-8xc6-f9jw.