CVE-2013-2476

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, by sending a packet with a header that is too short. This is related to the dissect hartip function in the HART/IP dissector.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.5, update to version 1.8.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the dissect hartip function in the HART/IP dissector until a patch is available.