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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14340
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/t...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to avoid a buffer over-read.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.2-1"}]}]
Debian:13
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.2-1"}]}]
Debian:14
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.2-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org