Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.4-r0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.7% (80th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144620
- published 12 Oct 2018
- disclosed 12 Oct 2018
Introduced: 12 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18226 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17
wireshark
to version 2.6.4-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:3.17
relevant fixed versions and status.
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c by changing the memory-management approach.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18226
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18226
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18226
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7