Integer Signedness Error in Mount Dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x and 1.8.x Allows Remote Denial of Service

CVE-2013-2481 · LOW Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Integer signedness error in the dissect_mount_dirpath_call function in epan/dissectors/packet-mount.c in the Mount dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when nfs_file_name_snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative length value.

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