SB2018020842 - Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: February 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020842
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) 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.