SB2018031936 - Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: March 19, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031936
Severity
Low
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-2018-7335)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c when rejecting lengths that are too small. A remote attacker can cause the IEEE 802.11 dissector to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.