PT-2018-2636 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2018-10-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-18226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.3

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled consumption of resources in the Wireshark traffic analyzer program. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The problem was specifically found in the Steam IHS Discovery dissector.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.3, update the memory-management approach in the epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c file to address the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2487

BDU:2019-01253

CVE-2018-18226

DSA-4359-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 447

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01559 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7321 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7323 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00215 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9347 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00269 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7328 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02571 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7325 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11354 · Security Note
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