The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle empty input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6429
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60578
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html