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CVE-2013-1578

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Date: February 2, 2013

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16205
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c?r1=46420&r2=46419&pathrev=46420
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1578
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8043
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1578
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46420
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-1578

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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