SB2018020842 - Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)



SB2018020842 - Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)

Published: February 8, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018020842
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5336)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in epan/tvbparse.c within JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors. A remote attacker can create perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.