CVE-2018-16056
published 2018-08-30CVE-2018-16056: In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in…
PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.38%
87.5th percentile
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.6.3-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.6.3-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.3-1 | 2.6.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.3-1 | 2.6.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.3-1 | 2.6.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.3-1 | 2.6.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 – 2.2.16 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.8 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.6.0 – 2.6.2 | — |
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_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-xfgw-27f6-g5xr: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] GHSA-xfgw-27f6-g5xr: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
OSV
CVE-2018-16056: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-08-30·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16056: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
Red Hat
wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash
vendor_redhat·2018-08-29·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] CWE-20 wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash
wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
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-2018-16056: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16056: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth ...
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.6.3-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.6.3-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.6.3-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.6.3-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.6.3-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16056 wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash
bugzilla·2018-09-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16056 wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash
CVE-2018-16056 wireshark: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector 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.
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45.html
Upstream bug:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14994
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1625927]
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Created attachment 1487124
Patch
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RHEL6/7 not reproducible. Patch doesn't look applicable either -- guessing these changes were made later.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16056 CVE-2018-16057 CVE-2018-16058 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-16056 [HIGH] CVE-2018-16056 CVE-2018-16057 CVE-2018-16058 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-16056 CVE-2018-16057 CVE-2018-16058 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.
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported ver
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14994https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98fbce64cb230e94a2cafc410a3cedad657b485https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14994https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98fbce64cb230e94a2cafc410a3cedad657b485https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45.html
2018-08-30
Published