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CVE-2014-6429

Published: 20 September 2014

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
wireshark
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (1.12.1, 1.10.10)
utopic
Released (1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1)
wily Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
vivid Not vulnerable
(1.12.1+g01b65bf-2)
Patches:
upstream: https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/4085/