CVE-2013-4923 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Wireshark's DCOM dissector by sending crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4923?
CVE-2013-4923 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 29 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the dissect_dcom_ActivationProperties function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted packets.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4923?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4923?
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-2013-4923 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4923 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4923, GHSA-x7cr-mrj5-9fr4.