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CVE-2013-3557 (GCVE-0-2013-3557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-25 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:14

Summary

The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

16 references

URL	Tags
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/di…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/53425	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20130…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2013-05-17 00:00

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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:42:02+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2013-3557",
      "id": "CVE-2013-3557",
      "initial_release_date": "2013-05-17T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "186",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "wireshark: DoS (crash) in the ASN.1 BER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-25, upstream #8599)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2013/cve-2013-3557.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}

ubuntu-cve-2013-3557

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2013-05-25 03:18

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3557	REPORT
	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/20/7	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3557	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-data",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark3",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwiretap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwiretap3",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwsutil-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwsutil3",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tshark",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "wireshark",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@1.10.6-1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.10.6-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.10.2-1",
        "1.10.3-1",
        "1.10.5-1ubuntu1",
        "1.10.5-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-3557",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:17Z",
  "published": "2013-05-25T03:18:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3557"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/20/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3557"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-3557"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:54Z"
}

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CVE-2013-3557 (GCVE-0-2013-3557)

ubuntu-cve-2013-3557

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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