| Name | CVE-2013-4079 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-497-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 711918 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | jessie | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u14 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch | 2.6.5-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, sid | 2.6.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
no code injection, not treated as a security issue, see README.Debian.security
[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 1.8+)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8730