Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=129e41f9f63885ad8224ef413c2860788fb9e849
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103163
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14403
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-11.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0202
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.0 - 2.2.12
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026