Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-5335
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 wireshark (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) 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

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wireshark (Alpine package): 2.2.3-r0 - 2.2.11-r0

wireshark (Alpine package):

CPE2.3 External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0527a05ac554c985be077f5f10dad5f9cf57947f
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1daabb33a670a82e98b752af7e6918e9fe60a10d
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=41746374e80e62b81d78f1a5fb5e5ba62e7f8aa7


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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