Resource management error in wireshark (Alpine package)



Published: 2019-04-29
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-10903
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		wireshark (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU33467

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10903

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the DCERPC SPOOLSS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by adding a boundary check.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wireshark (Alpine package): 2.6.7-r0

CPE2.3 External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ef58f692397187895ac48d0c5645aed9f75cc943
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2efad66c986e210fe5e71f97d00c6d7d68a53175


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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