CVE-2018-14367

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-07-18
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1607329: CVE-2018-14367 wireshark: CoAP dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-42)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the CoAP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-coap.c by properly checking for a NULL condition.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14367 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (versions 1.8.10 and 1.10.14, respectively).

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected

External References

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