SB2019021827 - Resource management error in wireshark (Alpine package) 



SB2019021827 - Resource management error in wireshark (Alpine package)

Published: February 18, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019021827
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10898)

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

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the GSUP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_gsup.c by rejecting an invalid Information Element length.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.