CVE-2018-9261
published 2018-04-04CVE-2018-9261: 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…
PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.94%
85.7th percentile
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.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| 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 | 2.2.0 – 2.2.13 | — |
| 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_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-hqp3-jxj5-pr92: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-9261 [HIGH] CWE-834 GHSA-hqp3-jxj5-pr92: In Wireshark 2
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.
OSV
CVE-2018-9261: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-04-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9261 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9261: In Wireshark 2
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.
Red Hat
wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
vendor_redhat·2018-03-02·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9261 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
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.
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-2018-9261: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the NBAP dissector could crash ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9261 [HIGH] 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 ...
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.
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-2018-9256 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
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9261 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
bugzilla·2018-04-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-9261 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9261 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
CVE-2018-9261 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c
A flaw was found 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.
References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-18.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14471
Patch:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=66bc372716e04d6a8afdf6712583c9b5d11fee55
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1565684]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14471https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66bc372716e04d6a8afdf6712583c9b5d11fee55https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.htmlhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4217https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-18.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14471https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=66bc372716e04d6a8afdf6712583c9b5d11fee55https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.htmlhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4217https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-18.html
2018-04-04
Published