CVE-2018-11362

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LDSS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by avoiding a buffer over-read upon encountering a missing '\0' character.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.58% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308 third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14615 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4217 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-25.html vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.html third party advisory mailing list
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f177008b04a530640de835ca878892e58b826d58
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11362?
CVE-2018-11362 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-11362?
To fix CVE-2018-11362, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-11362 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-11362 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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