Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-1587 is a Wireshark crash bug. A malformed packet can make affected Wireshark 1.8.x releases before 1.8.5 crash while dissecting ROHC traffic. This is a denial-of-service issue for packet analysis workflows, not evidence of system compromise. Exposure is mainly analyst workstations, sensors, or automated workflows running Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.5 and processing untrusted packet captures or live traffic containing ROHC packets. Prioritize normal patching for systems that analyze untrusted network traffic. Urgency is higher for SOC tooling and shared capture-processing systems, but the known impact is application crash rather than data theft or host takeover. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Wireshark 1.8.x installations to 1.8.5 or later.; Apply relevant vendor distribution updates, including openSUSE advisories where applicable.; Avoid opening untrusted packet captures on vulnerable Wireshark versions..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16462CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7679CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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