vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-14342): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 19, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 19, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the BGP protocol dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by validating Path Attribute lengths.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-14342
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-14342
- CWE-834
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=36af43dbb7673495948cd65d0346e8b9812b941c
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14342
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html
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