CVE-2019-10901 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
14.4%
top 5.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
WiresharkDebian WiresharkCanonical Ubuntu Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the LDSS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by handling file digests properly.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.6.8-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.8-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.13+2
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1, 42.3+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-43hv-6q24-6vmv: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2019-10901: In Wireshark 2↗2019-04-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2019-05-16
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Red Hat
wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2019-17)↗2019-03-19
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Debian
CVE-2019-10901: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the LDSS dissector coul...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-10901 wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2019-17)↗2019-04-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-10901 wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2019-17) [fedora-all]↗2019-04-09
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