SB2018011301 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5334)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in wiretap/vwr.c within IxVeriWave file parser. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5335)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c within WCP dissector. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5336)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/tvbparse.c within JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-03.html
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-04.html
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html