CVE-2019-10897
published 2019-04-09CVE-2019-10897: In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in…
PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
4.58%
90.6th percentile
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
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
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
vendor_redhat·2019-03-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2019-10897 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they did not include the vulnerable functions.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2019-10897: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. Th...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2019-10897 [HIGH] CVE-2019-10897: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. Th...
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved
sid: resolved
trixie: resolved
GHSA
GHSA-6pcq-q2q7-f4ww: In Wireshark 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2019-10897 [HIGH] CWE-835 GHSA-6pcq-q2q7-f4ww: In Wireshark 3
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 ) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-04-09·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2019-10897 [HIGH] CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 ) [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 ) [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.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple s
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
bugzilla·2019-04-09·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2019-10897 [HIGH] CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
CVE-2019-10897 wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )
It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
External Referencies:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.html
Upstream bug(s):
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1697962]
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Upstream patch:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=355fe663408695e4191fde9404cc97bd41f6834d
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Statement:
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they did not include the vulnerable fu
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.html
2019-04-09
Published