Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WIRESHARK-375234
  • published22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14368  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u15 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the Bazaar protocol dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by properly handling items that are too long.