Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-5721 is a Wireshark crash issue in the MQ protocol dissector. A crafted packet can make vulnerable Wireshark versions crash while analyzing traffic. The sources describe denial of service only, not data theft, privilege escalation, or code execution. Exposure is most likely on analyst workstations, packet-analysis jump boxes, sensors, or automated workflows using affected Wireshark builds to inspect MQ traffic or untrusted packet captures. Treat this as a targeted reliability risk for packet-analysis operations. It is important where vulnerable Wireshark handles untrusted traffic, but the available sources do not support emergency treatment as compromise or data-loss risk. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Wireshark to 1.8.10, 1.10.2, or a later supported release.; Apply vendor backported packages from affected Linux distribution advisories.; Prioritize systems processing untrusted captures or live network traffic..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-58.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9079CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18518CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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