VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12295
In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.77% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · f5/big-ip access policy manager · f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager · f5/big-ip analytics · f5/big-ip application acceleration manager · f5/big-ip application security manager · f5/big-ip domain name system · f5/big-ip edge gateway · f5/big-ip fraud protection service · f5/big-ip global traffic manager · f5/big-ip link controller · f5/big-ip local traffic manager · f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager · f5/big-ip webaccelerator
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108464Broken Link
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15778Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b6e197da4c497e229ed3ebf6952bae5c426a820
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4133-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-19.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108464Broken Link
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15778Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b6e197da4c497e229ed3ebf6952bae5c426a820
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4133-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-19.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.