Vulnerability CVE-2014-6426
Published: 2014-09-20

Description:
The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL tree, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Wireshark -> Wireshark 

 References:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d9e5021fe79973d00ddd8fcef0bbefbaae63dd0f
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
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