CVE - CVE-2013-1578

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1578	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c?r1=46420&r2=46419&pathrev=46420 CONFIRM:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46420 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html CONFIRM:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8043 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16205 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16205 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0276 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0285 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20130130	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130130)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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