CVE-2018-16056 Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.9-3.9.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-WIRESHARK-2759249
- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed27 Sept 2018
Introduced: 27 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16056 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 wireshark to version 2.4.9-3.9.1 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 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16056.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106514
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f98fbce64cb230e94a2cafc410a3cedad657b485
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14994
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98fbce64cb230e94a2cafc410a3cedad657b485
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45.html