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CVE-2013-4081

Date: June 9, 2013

The http_payload_subdissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-http.c in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly determine when to use a recursive approach, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (21)

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-39.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16820

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4081

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4081

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4081

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/54425

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172

Url: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49623

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4081

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/53762

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60505

Url: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8733

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml

Url: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-http.c?r1=49623&r2=49622&pathrev=49623

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4081

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2013-4081

Date: June 9, 2013

Language: C

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Related Resources (21)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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