Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16
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- published4 Apr 2018
- disclosed4 Apr 2018
Introduced: 4 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-9268 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16 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 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-smb2.c has a memory leak.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-9268
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14483
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=c69d710d2bf39fe633800db65efddf55701131b6
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-9268
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c69d710d2bf39fe633800db65efddf55701131b6