In Wireshark 2.6.0, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/dot11decrypt.c by avoiding a buffer overflow during FTE processing in Dot11DecryptTDLSDeriveKey.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | May 22, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | May 22, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade spandsp-docUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade libspandsp2Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libwireshark8Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade libwiretap6Upgrade spandsp-develUpgrade libwsutil11 | Aug 18, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | May 22, 2018 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.1 | May 23, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
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