Memory Leak Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.6.0,2.6.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318519
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.6.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c by changing the memory-management approach.

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