Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1563583
  • published22 May 2018
  • disclosed22 May 2018

Introduced: 22 May 2018

CVE-2018-11362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 2.6.1-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LDSS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by avoiding a buffer over-read upon encountering a missing '\0' character.