SB2019120532 - Input validation error in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: December 5, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019120532
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19553)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in CMS dissector. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted traffic or pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b834bd1f6e230d01c69ccd2454c0930754818d2e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=033e23316cfe3ab0fb844b1dfce8168a9f5f0ce6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ee5f683834504cf903cf67488d9cbfe88593797c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7cebf230d168a5d9d2b48a4c5eb839f44e3637ed