PT-2018-2641 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2018-04-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-18227

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 2.4.0 through 2.4.9 Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.3

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the Wireshark program, which can cause a crash. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The problem is associated with the MS-WSP protocol dissector.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.9, update to a version where the MS-WSP protocol dissector properly handles NULL return values. For Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.3, update to a version where the MS-WSP protocol dissector properly handles NULL return values.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1549

ALT-PU-2018-2487

BDU:2019-01258

CVE-2018-18227

DSA-4359-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3368-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3282-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3590-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3590-2

SUSE-SU-2018:3590-3

SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 514

• 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-2019-10903 · 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-2018-9272 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9347 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18227 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9258 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00269 · Security Note
• 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