HIGH
wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
Published Jul 19, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.44%
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (versions 1.8.10 and 1.10.14, respectively).
Weaknesses (2)
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14370 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14686 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1607331 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14370
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14370
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14370 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14686 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1607331 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14370 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14370 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 19, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jul 17, 2018
Link CVE-2018-14370
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a