PT-2018-18940 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2018-02-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-9262

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 concerns a potential crash in the VLAN dissector. This was due to excessive recursion depth caused by VLAN tag nesting. The problem was addressed by limiting the VLAN tag nesting to restrict recursion depth.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.13, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/dissectors/packet-vlan.c. For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.5, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/dissectors/packet-vlan.c.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1549

CVE-2018-9262

DLA-1634-1

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 · 364

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14469 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01273 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1634-1 · 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
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9262 · 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
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5719 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7324 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9263 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14369 · Security Note