SB2019060421 - Resource management error in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: June 4, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019060421
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12295)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error when processing untrusted data in the Wireshark dissection engine in epan/packet.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to view the malformed packet trace file and crash the application.Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9aefdc0c3b67fe978b7894a044f8dc52b9c8b0bf
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=141e382b78aecb26b034a8c1b5e7bcf1fa04121b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e5bce08f307d563f1c82d22257e76bf9f0bf48fe
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2577e96215c480a381a7d1b806c25e310d7bea52