In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, 2.6.0 to 2.6.9, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.15, the ASN.1 BER dissector and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/asn1.c by properly restricting buffer increments.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/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 | Nov 8, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Feb 8, 2021 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.6.10-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.6.10-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.6.10-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Aug 21, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade wireshark-develUpgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libspandsp2Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade spandsp-develUpgrade spandsp-docUpgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade libwiretap7 | Aug 10, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark-commonUpgrade libwscodecs2Upgrade libwsutil9Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwireshark-dataUpgrade wireshark-qtUpgrade libwireshark11Upgrade tsharkUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap8 | Sep 17, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.10Upgrade to Wireshark version 3.0.3Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.16 | Jul 22, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
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