SB2019091802 - Ubuntu update for Wireshark
Published: September 18, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019091802
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12295)
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.2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13619)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the ASN.1 BER dissector in epan/asn1.c. A remote attacker can send malicious traffic to the affected application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.