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Wireshark : CVE-2018-18225 : CoAP dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2018-18225 : CoAP dissector crash

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/12/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/15/2018
Modified
12/31/2018

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the CoAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-coap.c by ensuring that the piv length is correctly computed.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-2_6_4

References

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