PT-2018-18939 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2018-02-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-9261

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 2.2.13 Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.5

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the NBAP dissector, which could cause a crash with a large loop. This occurs due to the self-linking of DCH-IDs.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.13, update to a version where the self-linking of DCH-IDs is prohibited. For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.5, update to a version where the self-linking of DCH-IDs is prohibited.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-834

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1549

CVE-2018-9261

DLA-1388-1

DSA-4217-1

MGASA-2018-0151

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0980-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0981-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 347

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14471 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7335 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01273 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-18.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0981-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9266 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9268 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18227 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9271 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02574 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5719 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4217-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9261 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-9261 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9263 · Security Note