CVE-2018-11357: Input Validation
First published: Tue May 22 2018(Updated: )
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and other dissectors could consume excessive memory. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff.c by rejecting negative lengths.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Wireshark | >=2.2.0<=2.2.14 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | >=2.4.0<=2.4.6 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =2.6.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14678
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=ab8a33ef083b9732c89117747a83a905a676faf6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-28.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ab8a33ef083b9732c89117747a83a905a676faf6
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/event
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/tags
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/wireshark
- canonical/wireshark wireshark
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.2.0
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.2.14
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.4.0
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.4.6
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.6.0
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0