Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-2479 to the following vulnerability: The dissect_mpls_echo_tlv_dd_map function in epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c in the MPLS Echo dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid Sub-tlv data. References: [1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2479 [2] http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c?r1=46391&r2=46390&pathrev=46391 [3] http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46391 [4] http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html [5] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-14.html [6] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8039
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-18 [bug 919496]
Statement: Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.