Resource Exhaustion Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.66% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-WIRESHARK-375339
  • published10 Oct 2017
  • disclosed10 Oct 2017

Introduced: 10 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 wireshark to version 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.