Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-5717
Published: January 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16887
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5717
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet into a network, to be processed by the affected application, or trick the victim into opening a malicious packet trace file and cause the P_MUL dissector to crash.
Affected software
Wireshark
Arch Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark
Arch Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5717
The vulnerability has been addressed the versions 2.4.12, 2.6.6.
Wireshark - addressed in versions 2.4.12, 2.6.6
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.4.12-r0, 2.6.6-r0
wireshark - addressed in versions 2.6.6-1.fc28, 2.6.6-1.fc29
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.4.12-r0, 2.6.6-r0
wireshark - addressed in versions 2.6.6-1.fc28, 2.6.6-1.fc29