CVE - CVE-2014-6429

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-6429	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle empty input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
References
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CONFIRM:http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 CONFIRM:http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html CONFIRM:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461 CONFIRM:https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 DEBIAN:DSA-3049 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049 REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1676 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1677 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html SECUNIA:60280 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 SECUNIA:60578 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/60578 SECUNIA:61929 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 SECUNIA:61933 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61933 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:1221 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:1249 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140916	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 (20140916)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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