Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.2.0,2.2.16)[2.4.0,2.4.8)[2.6.0,2.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318255
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14343  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.2.16, 2.4.8, 2.6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the ASN.1 BER dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by ensuring that length values do not exceed the maximum signed integer.

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