UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2487

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2487
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2487.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2487
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:52Z
Published
2013-03-07T15:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:16.333414Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses incorrect integer data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet, related to the (1) dissecticecandidates, (2) dissectkinddata, (3) dissectnodeidlist, (4) dissectstoreans, (5) dissectstorereq, (6) dissectstoreddataspecifier, (7) dissectfetchreq, (8) dissectfindans, (9) dissectdiagnosticinfo, (10) dissectdiagnosticresponse, (11) dissectreloadmessagecontents, and (12) dissectreload_message functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2486.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@1.10.6-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.6-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.2-1
1.10.3-1
1.10.5-1ubuntu1
1.10.5-2

Ecosystem specific 

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            "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"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}