Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark-devel 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
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARKDEVEL-1521602
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Nov 2018

Introduced: 27 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wireshark-devel 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-devel package and not the wireshark-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.