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5.8	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file ui/failure_message.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, ui/failure_message.c has a memory leak.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2018. The weakness was published 04/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.wireshark.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-9274 since 04/04/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109197 (SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0980-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171035 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0981-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (109197).

Productinfo

Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10
• 2.2.11
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.13
• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.4.5

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 109197
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0980-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 55044
OpenVAS Name: Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Apr18 (Mac OS X)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Patch: 211845aba4794720ae265c782cdffddae54a3e7a

Timelineinfo

04/03/2018 🔍
04/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2018 +15 days 🔍
04/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/26/2023 +1773 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: bugs.wireshark.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-9274 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2018 04:07 PM
Updated: 02/26/2023 05:13 PM
Changes: 04/04/2018 04:07 PM (72), 01/21/2020 01:51 PM (3), 02/26/2023 05:13 PM (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 98:09C:40

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