CVE-2013-7112 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Wireshark SIP 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-2013-7112?

CVE-2013-7112 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 19 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The dissect_sip_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 does not check for empty lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7112?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7112?

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-2013-7112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7112, GHSA-cg8f-5cjp-f63j.

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