Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2018-5334
CVE-2018-5335
CVE-2018-5336
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Wireshark
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Wireshark.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU10004

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5334

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in wiretap/vwr.c within IxVeriWave file parser. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Mitigation

Upgrade to Wireshark 2.4.4, 2.2.12 or later.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 2.2.0 - 2.4.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-03.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU10005

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5335

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c within WCP dissector. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Upgrade to Wireshark 2.4.4, 2.2.12 or later.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 2.2.0 - 2.4.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-04.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU10006

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5336

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/tvbparse.c within JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Upgrade to Wireshark 2.4.4, 2.2.12 or later.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 2.2.0 - 2.4.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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