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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18227
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by pro...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}]
Debian:13
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}]
Debian:14
wireshark
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.4-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org