SB2019042922 - Resource management error in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: April 29, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019042922
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10903)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the DCERPC SPOOLSS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by adding a boundary check.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.