Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark-gnome package, versions <0:1.10.14-24.el7
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0.57% (68th percentile)
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- published17 Sept 2024
- disclosed18 Jul 2018
Introduced: 18 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-14341 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 wireshark-gnome 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-gnome package and not the wireshark-gnome 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 DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset overflow.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14742
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2e716c32be6aa20e1813b0002878853e71f8b2f4
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-39.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14341
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1047
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2e716c32be6aa20e1813b0002878853e71f8b2f4