CVE-2018-14370
published 2018-07-19CVE-2018-14370: In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.42%
87.7th percentile
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2.4.0 – 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
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
vendor_redhat·2018-07-18·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14370 [HIGH] CWE-20 wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
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-2018-14370: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissect...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14370 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14370: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissect...
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
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)
GHSA
GHSA-j523-c4fp-fwv8: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-14370 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-j523-c4fp-fwv8: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
OSV
CVE-2018-14370: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14370 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14370: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
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]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
bugzilla·2018-07-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-14370 [HIGH] CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)
It was found that IEEE dissector could 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=14686
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.html
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1607334]
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The wireshark shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 do not have the dot11crypt traffic recognition functionality.
$ tshark -Vxr clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-fuzzshark_ip_proto-udp-5122206420959232.pcap
tshark: The file "clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-fuzzshark_ip_proto-udp-5122206420959232.pcap" cont
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=14686https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.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=14686https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.html
2018-07-19
Published