BF Specification of CVE-2013-4930 — Wireshark v1.8.x before v1.8.9 and v1.10.x before v1.10.1
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Missing verification on the range for the user-controlled 'len_field' (0, but must be at least 1) results in a wrong value, which becomes a wrong argument for the subtraction ‘-‘ operator in 'len_field-1'. The result is -1, and the sign is flipped; as 'body_len' is an unsigned integer, the ‘=’ operator coerces the passed-out result to a distorted value (UINT_MAX), which, when used to allocate memory on the heap, leads to memory overflow. If exploited, this can lead to denial of service – assertion failure and application exit.
Missing Code to Verify (length (0, but must be at least 1)) of Stored data using Range mechanism (len_field must be at least 1) in Codebase source code (wireshark-1.8.0/epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c#L4044) in Local execution space leads to Wrong Value ('len_field') error, which propagates to
Wrong Argument (in '*body_len = len_field-1;') to Calculate of Bound name (to body_len) of Numeric data (0) using Operator mechanism (subtraction '-') in Codebase source code (wireshark-1.8.0/epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c #L4044) in Local execution space that results in Flipped Sign (as '(len_field-1)' is -1,) error, which propagates to
Flipped Sign (in '*body_len = len_field-1;', where body_len is guint32, but is being assigned -1,) to Coerce of Bound name (to body_len) of Numeric data (-1) of Primitive type using Pass Out mechanism (assignment '=' operator) in Codebase source code (wireshark-1.8.0/epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c #L4044) in Local execution space that results in Distorted Value ('UINT_MAX' (large positive integer)) error, which propagates to
Wrong Size (in 'fd->data = g_malloc(fd->len);' ('fd->len' set from 'frag_data_len' set from 'body_len')) to Allocate with Used size using Explicit mechanism (g_malloc()) in Codebase source code (wireshark-1.8.0/epan/reassemble.c# L1333) in Userland execution space that results in Memory Overflow final error, which can be exploited toward
Denial of Service (DOS) (availability loss) security failure.
wireshark-1.8.0/epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c
#L4044
wireshark-1.8.0/epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c
#L4044
wireshark-1.8.0/epan/reassemble.c#
L1333
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| Class | Definition |
| DVR | Data Verification (DVR) class – Data are verified (i.e., semantics check) or corrected (i.e., assign or remove) improperly. |
| TCM | Type Computation (TCM) class – An arithmetic expression (over numbers, strings, or pointers) is calculated improperly, or a boolean condition is evaluated improperly. |
| TCV | Type Conversion (TCV) class – Data are converted or coerced into other type improperly. |
| MMN | Memory Management (MMN) class – An object is allocated, resized, or deallocated improperly. |
| Operation | Definition |
| Verify | Verify operation – Check data semantics (e.g., proper value/meaning) in order to accept (and possibly correct) or reject it. |
| Calculate | Calculate operation – Find the result of a numeric, pointer, or string operation. |
| Coerce | Coerce operation – Implicitly (forced by the Type System) convert the value of a passed in/out argument or the return into the corresponding parameter or return data type. (Type Coercion is known also as Type Juggling.) |
| Allocate | Allocate operation – Reserve space in memory for an object; defines its initial boundaries and size. |
| Cause/Consequence | Definition |
| Code Bug | Code Bug type – An error in the implementation of an operation – proper operands over an improper operation. It is the roor cause of a security vulnerability. Must be fixed to resolve the vulnerability. |
| Missing Code | Missing Code bug - The operation is misplaced entirely absent. |
| Data Error/Fault | Data error (or fault) type – The data of an object has harmed semantics or inconsistent or wrong value. |
| Wrong Value | Wrong Value error (or fault) – The data value is not accurate (e.g., outside of a range). |
| Wrong Argument | Wrong Argument error (or fault) – Inaccurate input data value, i.e., non-verified for harmed semantics. |
| Flipped Sign | Flipped Sign error (or fault) – Sign bit is overwritten from type related calculation. |
| Distorted Value | Distorted Value error (or fault) – The data value is incorrect (although is fits the type size) due to a sign flip or signed/unsigned or unsigned/signed cast. |
| Wrong Size | Wrong Size error (or fault) – The value used as size or length (i.e., the number of elements) does not match the object's memory size or length (e.g., to limit a pointer reposition or index increment/decrement in a repetition statement). |
| Memory Corruption/Disclosure Final Error | Memory Corruption/Disclosure final error/exploit vector type – An exploitable or undefined system behavior caused by memory addressing, allocation, use, or deallocation bugs. |
| Memory Overflow | Memory Overflow final error – More memory is requested than available. |
| Operation Attribute | Definition |
| Mechanism | Mechanism operation attribute type – Shows how the operation with a bug or faulty operand is performed. |
| Range | Range operation attribute – The operation checks data are within a (min, max) interval. |
| Operator | Operator operation attribute – The operation is via a function with a symbolic name that implements a mathematical, relational or logical operation. |
| Pass Out | Pass Out operation attribute – The operation is via out or in/out arguments' values or a return value to a function/ operator. |
| Explicit | Explicit operation attribute – The operation is via a function/method call. |
| Source Code | Source Code operation attribute type – Shows where the code of the operation with a bug or faulty operand resides within the software, firmware, or hardware. |
| Codebase | Codebase operation attribute – The operation is in the programmer's code - in the application itself. |
| Execution Space | Execution Space operation attribute type – Shows where the operation with a bug or faulty operand is executed and the privilege level at which it runs. |
| Local | Local operation attribute – The bugged code runs in an environment with access control policy with limited (local user) permission. |
| Userland | Userland operation attribute – The bugged code runs in an environment with privilege levels, but in unprivileged mode (e.g., ring 3 in x86 architecture). |
| Operand Attribute | Definition |
| Data State | Data State operand attribute type – Shows where the data comes from. |
| Stored | Stored operand attribute – Data are from a permanent storage (e.g., file, database on a storage device); they are at rest. |
| Name State | Name State operand attribute type – Shows what the stage of the entity name is. |
| Bound | Bound operand attribute – The name is linked to a declared (or inferred) data type, a defined object's data, or a called function implementation. |
| Data Kind | Data Kind operand attribute type – Shows what the type or category of data is. |
| Numeric | Numeric operand attribute – A number – a sequence of digits. |
| Type Kind | Type Kind operand attribute type – Shows what the data type composition is. |
| Primitive | Primitive operand attribute – A scalar data type that mimics the hardware units - e.g., int (long, short, signed), float, double, string, Boolean. A primitive data type is only language defined and is not built from other data types. |
| Size Kind | Size Kind operand attribute type – Shows what is used as the size or length (i.e., the number of elements) of an object - e.g., as the limit for traversal over the elements. |
| Used | Used operand attribute – A supplied value to be used as the size or length (i.e., the number of elements) of an object. |
| Failure | Definition |
| DOS | Denial of Service (DOS) – Disruption of access to or use of information or information systems that leads to availability loss. |