Unchecked Return Value Affecting wireshark package, versions <3.0.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE312-WIRESHARK-586451
  • published9 Apr 2019
  • disclosed9 Apr 2019

Introduced: 9 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-10902  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 wireshark to version 3.0.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the TSDNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tsdns.c by splitting strings safely.