The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2644-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2434 The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:36:46.681Z

Reserved: 2013-03-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-2488

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-07T15:55:02.073

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-2488

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2488 - Bugzilla

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