CVE-2019-12295

wireshark: missing dissection recursion checks leads to denial of service

Published May 23, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2423-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3935 In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4133-1 Wireshark vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01026}

epss

{'score': 0.01969}