CVE-2018-16057 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 6 years ago

2018-08-30 01:29:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-03-20 01:15:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2020:0362

105174

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1041609

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4ac83382dc49f9f7b62bffb3cfc508cdaa1e7be5

Patch, Vendor Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20190115 [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

DSA-4315

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html

Vendor Advisory

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