Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-5721

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Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-5721

Published: January 9, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16890
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-2019-5721
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 ENIP protocol dissector to crash.


Affected software

Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5721

Update to version 2.4.12.

Wireshark - update to 2.4.12
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.4.12-r0, 2.6.6-r0

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