Wireshark up to 3.0.6 CMS Dissector packet-cms-template.c injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark. The affected element is an unknown function of the file epan/dissectors/asn1/cms/packet-cms-template.c of the component CMS Dissector. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-19553. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects some unknown processing of the file epan/dissectors/asn1/cms/packet-cms-template.c of the component CMS Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.12, the CMS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/cms/packet-cms-template.c by ensuring that an object identifier is set to NULL after a ContentInfo dissection.

The weakness was released 12/05/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-19553 since 12/04/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.6.4
• 2.6.5
• 2.6.6
• 2.6.7
• 2.6.8
• 2.6.9
• 2.6.10
• 2.6.11
• 2.6.12
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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