| Name | CVE-2014-6426 |
| Description | The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL tree, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) 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) |
| NVD severity | medium |
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+deb8u19 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 2.6.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 2.6.8-1.1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 3.2.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1 | |||
| wireshark | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| wireshark | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only applies to 1.12.x)
[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only applies to 1.12.x)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html