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CVE-2014-5161

Published: Aug 1, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

openSUSE-SU-2014:1249

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

SUSE-SU-2014:1221

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

openSUSE-SU-2014:1038

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380

x_refsource_CONFIRM

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

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