#VU13029 Resource exhaustion in Wireshark - CVE-2018-11357
Published: May 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13029
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11357
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Software vendor:
Wireshark.org
Wireshark.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in epan/tvbuff.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or convince someone to read a malformed packet trace file, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the LTP dissector and other dissectors to crash.
The weakness exists in epan/tvbuff.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or convince someone to read a malformed packet trace file, trigger resource exhaustion and cause the LTP dissector and other dissectors to crash.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 2.6.1, 2.4.7, 2.2.15.