PT-2018-16904 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Kamil Frankowicz + 1 · Published 2018-01-11 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-5336

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base 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 2.2.11 Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3

Description The issue concerns the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors in Wireshark, which could crash due to excessive recursion. This was resolved by limiting the recursion depth in the epan/tvbparse.c file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.11, update to a version that includes the fix for the recursion depth limitation in epan/tvbparse.c. For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, update to a version that includes the fix for the recursion depth limitation in epan/tvbparse.c.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1050

ALT-PU-2018-2487

CVE-2018-5336

DLA-1258-1

DSA-4101-1

MGASA-2018-0071

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0179-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0191-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

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