In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Aug 1, 2018 | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libspandsp2Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade spandsp-docUpgrade spandsp-develUpgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade mmdblookupUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libwscodecs1 | Aug 4, 2018 | Jul 18, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.8Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.2 | Jul 20, 2018 | Jul 18, 2018 |
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