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FreeBSD: VID-C5AB620F-4576-4AD5-B51F-93E4FEC9CD0E (CVE-2018-7337): wireshark -- multiple security issues

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FreeBSD: VID-C5AB620F-4576-4AD5-B51F-93E4FEC9CD0E (CVE-2018-7337): wireshark -- multiple security issues

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/05/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the DOCSIS protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by removing the recursive algorithm that had been used for concatenated PDUs.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-tshark
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-tshark-lite
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-wireshark
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-wireshark-lite
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-wireshark-qt5

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