CVE-2018-9261 — Excessive Iteration in Wireshark

CWE-834 — Excessive IterationCWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the NBAP dissector could crash with a large loop that ends with a heap-based buffer overflow. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c by prohibiting the self-linking of DCH-IDs.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.4.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.4.6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.2.0 — 2.2.13+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hqp3-jxj5-pr92: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-9261: In Wireshark 2↗2018-04-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c↗2018-03-02
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Debian
CVE-2018-9261: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the NBAP dissector could crash ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
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-↗2018-04-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9261 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c↗2018-04-10
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