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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5161
Reference (s):
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380
- DEBIAN:DSA-3002
- URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002
- SECUNIA:57593