CVE-2014-5161

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-07-31
Bugzilla:
1125767: CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162 wireshark: Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors buffer underrun (wnpa-sec-2014-08)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Find out more about CVE-2014-5161 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. A future update may address this issue.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Not affected

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