Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.6-1~ubuntu14.04.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WIRESHARK-375099
  • published8 Jan 2019
  • disclosed8 Jan 2019

Introduced: 8 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-5718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 wireshark to version 2.6.6-1~ubuntu14.04.0 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.