In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by preventing a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Mar 20, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Mar 25, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.6.7-11.4.8.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.6.7-11.4.8.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.6.7-11.4.8.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Apr 17, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap10Upgrade spandsp-develUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade spandsp-docUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libspandsp2Upgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libwsutil8 | Apr 1, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libwireshark-dataUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-commonUpgrade libwscodecs2Upgrade tsharkUpgrade libwireshark11Upgrade libwiretap8Upgrade wireshark-qtUpgrade libwsutil9Upgrade wireshark-gtk | May 17, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.7Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.13 | Mar 4, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
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