CVE-2018-5336
published 2018-01-11CVE-2018-5336: In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.69%
84.3th percentile
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.4.4-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.4.4-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.4-1 | 2.4.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.4-1 | 2.4.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.4-1 | 2.4.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.4-1 | 2.4.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 – 2.2.11 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.3 | — |
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-7xxh-26w2-h47g: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-7xxh-26w2-h47g: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
OSV
CVE-2018-5336: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-01-11·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5336: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
Red Hat
wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
vendor_redhat·2018-01-11·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2018-5336: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and G...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5336: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and G...
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.4-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.4-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.4-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5336 libtiff: wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-01-15·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5336 libtiff: wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-5336 libtiff: wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash [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 the
fedpkg commit message.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5336 wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
bugzilla·2018-01-15·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-5336 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5336 wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
CVE-2018-5336 wireshark: Missing recursion limit in epan/tvbparse.c can cause multiple dissectors to crash
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5336
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html
Discussion:
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1534375]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706bhttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.htmlhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706bhttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.htmlhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html
2018-01-11
Published