Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.11-3.15.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-WIRESHARK-2758221
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018

Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 wireshark to version 2.4.11-3.15.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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.