SB2018043035 - Memory leak in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: April 30, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018043035
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 leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9267)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in epan/dissectors/packet-lapd.c due to memory leak. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted packet trace file and cause the TN3270, ISUP, LAPD, SMB2, GIOP, ASN.1, MIME multipart, H.223, and PCP dissectors to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.