CVE-2013-1578

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.228

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Wireshark (X64) 1.8.4	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Wireshark 1.8.4	Windows

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-343288	Wireshark (X64) (4.4.2)
PATCH-338541	Wireshark (3.6.24)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234