CVE-2018-9257
published 2018-04-04CVE-2018-9257: In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero…
PriorityP434high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.86%
77.0th percentile
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.4.6-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.4.6-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.6-1 | 2.4.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.6-1 | 2.4.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.6-1 | 2.4.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.6-1 | 2.4.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.5 | — |
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-h56g-vjc8-2cgw: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-9257 [HIGH] CWE-835 GHSA-h56g-vjc8-2cgw: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
OSV
CVE-2018-9257: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-04-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9257 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9257: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
Red Hat
wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
vendor_redhat·2018-03-14·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9257 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
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-2018-9257: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. T...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9257 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9257: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. T...
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.6-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.6-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.6-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.6-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.6-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9257 wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
bugzilla·2018-04-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9257 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9257 wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
CVE-2018-9257 wireshark: infinite loop in the CQL dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c
A flaw was found in Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.
References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-22.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530
Patch:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1565684]
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9256 CVE-2018-9257 CVE-2018-9258 CVE-2018-9261 CVE-2018-9263 CVE-2018-9265 CVE-2018-9266 CVE-2018-9267 CVE-2018-9268 CVE-2018-9269 CVE-2018-9270 CVE-2018-9271 CVE-2018-9272 CVE-2018-9273 CVE-
bugzilla·2018-04-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9256 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9256 CVE-2018-9257 CVE-2018-9258 CVE-2018-9261 CVE-2018-9263 CVE-2018-9265 CVE-2018-9266 CVE-2018-9267 CVE-2018-9268 CVE-2018-9269 CVE-2018-9270 CVE-2018-9271 CVE-2018-9272 CVE-2018-9273 CVE-
CVE-2018-9256 CVE-2018-9257 CVE-2018-9258 CVE-2018-9261 CVE-2018-9263 CVE-2018-9265 CVE-2018-9266 CVE-2018-9267 CVE-2018-9268 CVE-2018-9269 CVE-2018-9270 CVE-2018-9271 CVE-2018-9272 CVE-2018-9273 CVE-2018-9274 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
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-22.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-22.html
2018-04-04
Published