Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE312-WIRESHARK-586914
  • published29 Nov 2018
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 wireshark to version 2.6.5-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 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.