First published: Sun Sep 15 2019(Updated: )
In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.3 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.10, the Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/epan/gryphon/packet-gryphon.c by checking for a message length of zero.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Wireshark Wireshark | >=2.6.0<=2.6.10 | |
Wireshark Wireshark | >=3.0.0<=3.0.3 | |
openSUSE | =15.1 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =9.0 |
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CVE-2019-16319 has a medium severity rating due to the potential for an infinite loop in the Gryphon dissector.
To fix CVE-2019-16319, update Wireshark to version 3.0.4 or later, or to version 2.6.11 or later.
CVE-2019-16319 affects Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.10 and 3.0.0 through 3.0.3.
CVE-2019-16319 involves an infinite loop caused by the Gryphon dissector not properly checking for a message length of zero.
CVE-2019-16319 could lead to a denial of service condition by causing the application to hang.