Improper Input Validation Affecting libwireshark9 package, versions <2.4.7-3.3.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.84% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBWIRESHARK9-2763672
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-11357  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libwireshark9 to version 2.4.7-3.3.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwireshark9 package and not the libwireshark9 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and other dissectors could consume excessive memory. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff.c by rejecting negative lengths.