Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.5-1~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WIRESHARK-376947
  • published12 Oct 2018
  • disclosed12 Oct 2018

Introduced: 12 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wireshark to version 2.6.5-1~deb9u1 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 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c by changing the memory-management approach.