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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19622

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse....

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 wireshark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.5-1"}]}]

Debian:13 wireshark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.5-1"}]}]

Debian:14 wireshark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.5-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org