Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 IEEE 1609.2 Dissector null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component IEEE 1609.2 Dissector. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-0209. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component IEEE 1609.2 Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

The weakness was shared 01/03/2024 by Han Zheng. The advisory is available at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-0209. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207910 (Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.6.20, 4.0.12 or 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207910). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 3.6.0
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.5
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 4.0
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.1
• 4.2.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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