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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| 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/wireshark-common to version 2.6.7-11.4.8.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark 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 libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libspandsp2Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade spandsp-docUpgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade spandsp-devel | Apr 1, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwireshark-dataUpgrade wireshark-commonUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap8Upgrade libwireshark11Upgrade libwsutil9Upgrade wireshark-qtUpgrade tsharkUpgrade libwscodecs2 | 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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