PT-2018-12456 · Wireshark+4 · Wireshark+4
Peter Wu
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Published
2018-04-03
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2018-14340
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.15
Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.7
Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.1
Description
The issue concerns dissectors that support zlib decompression, which could crash due to a buffer over-read when encountering negative lengths. This was addressed by rejecting negative lengths.
Recommendations
For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.15, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/tvbuff zlib.c.
For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.7, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/tvbuff zlib.c.
For Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.1, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/tvbuff zlib.c.
Exploit
Fix
Out of bounds Read
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Wireshark