Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.6-r0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.29% (69th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144801
- published 4 Apr 2018
- disclosed 4 Apr 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17
wireshark
to version 2.4.6-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 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9256
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-9256
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14467
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-9256
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528