CVE-2014-6425

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-08-07
CWE:
CWE-228->CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1142608: CVE-2014-6425 wireshark: CUPS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-15)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a CUPS packet that lacks a trailing '\0' character.

Find out more about CVE-2014-6425 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (wireshark) RHSA-2014:1676 2014-10-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (wireshark) RHSA-2014:1677 2014-10-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (wireshark) RHSA-2014:1676 2014-10-21

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