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high7.5

CVE-2018-14342

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
WiresharkWireshark
from 2.2.0 through 2.2.15
from 2.4.0 through 2.4.7
from 2.6.0 through 2.6.1
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0

Weakness classification

References