CVE-2013-3558
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CVE-2013-3558
The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
May 25, 2013
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2013-3558
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The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=49214&r2=49213&pathrev=49214
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49214
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-26.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8638
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16417