Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <0:1.10.14-24.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARK-8008386
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed18 Jul 2018

Introduced: 18 Jul 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wireshark to version 0:1.10.14-24.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1047.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.