CVE-2018-14342

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the BGP protocol dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by validating Path Attribute lengths.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.57%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608 third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html third party advisory mailing list
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36af43dbb7673495948cd65d0346e8b9812b941c
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847 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-2018-14342?
CVE-2018-14342 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14342?
To fix CVE-2018-14342, 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-2018-14342 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-14342 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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