#VU33219 Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-10900 

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#VU33219 Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-10900

Published: April 9, 2019 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33219
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10900
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Software vendor:
Wireshark.org

Description

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

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the Rbm dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/file-rbm.c by handling unknown object types safely.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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