CVE-2013-3558

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.6

Description The issue is related to the dissect ccp bsdcomp opt function in the PPP CCP dissector, which does not properly terminate a bit-field list. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by sending a malformed packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.6, update to version 1.8.7 or later to resolve the issue.