CVE-2018-11356
published 2018-05-22CVE-2018-11356: In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL…
PriorityP432high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.84%
85.2th percentile
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.6.1-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.6.1-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.1-1 | 2.6.1-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.1-1 | 2.6.1-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.1-1 | 2.6.1-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.1-1 | 2.6.1-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 – 2.2.14 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.6 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-cj9g-wwhq-mmwp: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CWE-476 GHSA-cj9g-wwhq-mmwp: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
OSV
CVE-2018-11356: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-05-22·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CVE-2018-11356: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
Red Hat
wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
vendor_redhat·2018-05-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CWE-125 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-11356: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CVE-2018-11356: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could...
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.6.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.6.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.6.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.6.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.6.1-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-06-01·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
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When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
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Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11354 CVE-2018-11355 CVE-2018-11357 CVE-2018-11358 CVE-2018-11359 CVE-2018-11360 CVE-2018-11361 CVE-2018-11362 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-05-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11354 [HIGH] CVE-2018-11354 CVE-2018-11355 CVE-2018-11357 CVE-2018-11358 CVE-2018-11359 CVE-2018-11360 CVE-2018-11361 CVE-2018-11362 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-11354 CVE-2018-11355 CVE-2018-11357 CVE-2018-11358 CVE-2018-11359 CVE-2018-11360 CVE-2018-11361 CVE-2018-11362 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
bugzilla·2018-05-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-11356 [HIGH] CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
CVE-2018-11356 wireshark: DNS dissector crash in packet-dns.c
A flaw was found in Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
References:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14681
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-29.html
Upstream patch:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4425716ddba99374749bd033d9bc0f4add2fb973
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1585242]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14681https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4425716ddba99374749bd033d9bc0f4add2fb973https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-29.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14681https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4425716ddba99374749bd033d9bc0f4add2fb973https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-29.html
2018-05-22
Published