Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.2-1
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- published22 Jul 2018
- disclosed19 Jul 2018
Introduced: 19 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-14369 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 wireshark to version 2.6.2-1 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:9 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 HTTP2 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c by verifying that header data was found before proceeding to header decompression.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14369
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14869
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=038cd225bfa54e2a7ade4043118796334920a61e
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14369
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14369
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-41.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=038cd225bfa54e2a7ade4043118796334920a61e