vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2019-5718 : RTSE dissector crash
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 8, 2019 | Jan 10, 2019 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2019
Added
Jan 10, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_4_12wireshark-upgrade-2_6_6
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