CVE-2018-14342
published 2018-07-19CVE-2018-14342: 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…
PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.70%
88.6th percentile
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.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.6.2-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.6.2-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.2-1 | 2.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.2-1 | 2.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.2-1 | 2.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.2-1 | 2.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 – 2.2.15 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.7 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.6.0 – 2.6.1 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-h3jw-crr6-78mf: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-14342 [HIGH] CWE-834 GHSA-h3jw-crr6-78mf: In Wireshark 2
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.
OSV
CVE-2018-14342: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14342 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14342: In Wireshark 2
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.
Red Hat
wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
vendor_redhat·2018-07-18·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14342 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
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.
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (versions 1.8.10 and 1.10.14, respectively).
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-2018-14342: wireshark - 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 protoc...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14342 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14342: wireshark - 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 protoc...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14339 CVE-2018-14340 CVE-2018-14341 CVE-2018-14342 CVE-2018-14343 CVE-2018-14344 CVE-2018-14367 CVE-2018-14368 CVE-2018-14369 CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-07-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14339 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14339 CVE-2018-14340 CVE-2018-14341 CVE-2018-14342 CVE-2018-14343 CVE-2018-14344 CVE-2018-14367 CVE-2018-14368 CVE-2018-14369 CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-14339 CVE-2018-14340 CVE-2018-14341 CVE-2018-14342 CVE-2018-14343 CVE-2018-14344 CVE-2018-14367 CVE-2018-14368 CVE-2018-14369 CVE-2018-14370 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:
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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.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14342 wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
bugzilla·2018-07-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14342 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14342 wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
CVE-2018-14342 wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)
It was reported that Wireshark's BGP dissector could loop infinitely. 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.
Upstream bug(s):
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1607334]
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Statement:
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (versions 1.8.10 and 1.10.14, respectively).
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36af43dbb7673495948cd65d0346e8b9812b941chttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36af43dbb7673495948cd65d0346e8b9812b941chttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html
2018-07-19
Published