Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11356 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the DNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference for an empty name in an SRV record.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1634.NASL description Several issues in wireshark, a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire, have been found by different people. These are basically issues with length checks or invalid memory access in different dissectors. This could result in infinite loops or crashes by malicious packets. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2019-01-16 plugin id 121193 published 2019-01-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121193 title Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_WIRESHARK_2_6_1.NASL description The version of Wireshark installed on the remote MacOS/MacOSX host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.15, 2.4.x prior to 2.4.7, or 2.6.x prior to 2.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110268 published 2018-05-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110268 title Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.15 / 2.4.x < 2.4.7 / 2.6.x < 2.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (MacOS) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-520.NASL description This update for wireshark fixes the following issues : Minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or cause excessive memory use by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or capture files (boo#1094301) : - CVE-2018-11356: DNS dissector crash - CVE-2018-11357: Multiple dissectors could consume excessive memory - CVE-2018-11358: Q.931 dissector crash - CVE-2018-11359: The RRC dissector and other dissectors could crash - CVE-2018-11360: GSM A DTAP dissector crash - CVE-2018-11362: LDSS dissector crash This update to version 2.4.7 also contains bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.7.html last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-05-29 plugin id 110177 published 2018-05-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110177 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2018-520) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-399.NASL description This update for wireshark fixes the following issues : Minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or cause excessive memory use by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or capture files (boo#1094301) : - CVE-2018-11356: DNS dissector crash - CVE-2018-11357: Multiple dissectors could consume excessive memory - CVE-2018-11358: Q.931 dissector crash - CVE-2018-11359: The RRC dissector and other dissectors could crash - CVE-2018-11360: GSM A DTAP dissector crash - CVE-2018-11362: LDSS dissector crash This update to version 2.4.7 also contains bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.7.html last seen 2020-05-31 modified 2019-03-27 plugin id 123176 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123176 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2019-399) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-D1CFA444D2.NASL description New version 2.6.1, contains fixes for multiple CVEs. ---- Fixed undefined reference in tshark, corrected build flags usage Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-06-06 plugin id 110328 published 2018-06-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110328 title Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2018-d1cfa444d2) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-2891-2.NASL description This update for wireshark to version 2.4.9 fixes the following issues : Wireshark was updated to 2.4.9 (bsc#1094301, bsc#1106514). Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-16058: Bluetooth AVDTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-44) CVE-2018-16056: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-45) CVE-2018-16057: Radiotap dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-46) CVE-2018-11355: Fix RTCP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14370: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-43, bsc#1101802) CVE-2018-14368: Bazaar dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-40, bsc#1101794) CVE-2018-11362: Fix LDSS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11361: Fix IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11360: Fix GSM A DTAP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14342: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34, bsc#1101777) CVE-2018-14343: ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-37, bsc#1101786) CVE-2018-14340: Multiple dissectors could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-36, bsc#1101804) CVE-2018-14341: DICOM dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-39, bsc#1101776) CVE-2018-11358: Fix Q.931 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14344: ISMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-35, bsc#1101788) CVE-2018-11359: Fix multiple dissectors crashs (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11356: Fix DNS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14339: MMSE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-38, bsc#1101810) CVE-2018-11357: Fix multiple dissectors that could consume excessive memory (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14367: CoAP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-42, bsc#1101791) CVE-2018-11354: Fix IEEE 1905.1a dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14369: HTTP2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-41, bsc#1101800) Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.9.html Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 118294 published 2018-10-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118294 title SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:2891-2) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-3DFEE621AF.NASL description New version 2.6.1, contains fixes for multiple CVEs. ---- Fixed undefined reference in tshark, corrected build flags usage Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2019-01-03 plugin id 120367 published 2019-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120367 title Fedora 28 : 1:wireshark (2018-3dfee621af) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-2891-1.NASL description This update for wireshark to version 2.4.9 fixes the following issues : Wireshark was updated to 2.4.9 (bsc#1094301, bsc#1106514). Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-16058: Bluetooth AVDTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-44) CVE-2018-16056: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-45) CVE-2018-16057: Radiotap dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-46) CVE-2018-11355: Fix RTCP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14370: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-43, bsc#1101802) CVE-2018-14368: Bazaar dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-40, bsc#1101794) CVE-2018-11362: Fix LDSS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11361: Fix IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11360: Fix GSM A DTAP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14342: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34, bsc#1101777) CVE-2018-14343: ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-37, bsc#1101786) CVE-2018-14340: Multiple dissectors could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-36, bsc#1101804) CVE-2018-14341: DICOM dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-39, bsc#1101776) CVE-2018-11358: Fix Q.931 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14344: ISMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-35, bsc#1101788) CVE-2018-11359: Fix multiple dissectors crashs (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-11356: Fix DNS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14339: MMSE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-38, bsc#1101810) CVE-2018-11357: Fix multiple dissectors that could consume excessive memory (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14367: CoAP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-42, bsc#1101791) CVE-2018-11354: Fix IEEE 1905.1a dissector crash (bsc#1094301). CVE-2018-14369: HTTP2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-41, bsc#1101800) Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.9.html Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117821 published 2018-09-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117821 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:2891-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2020-0693-1.NASL description This update for wireshark and libmaxminddb fixes the following issues : Update wireshark to new major version 3.2.2 and introduce libmaxminddb for GeoIP support (bsc#1156288). New features include : Added support for 111 new protocols, including WireGuard, LoRaWAN, TPM 2.0, 802.11ax and QUIC Improved support for existing protocols, like HTTP/2 Improved analytics and usability functionalities Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2020-03-16 plugin id 134625 published 2020-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134625 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-1988-1.NASL description This update for wireshark fixes vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or cause dissectors to go into large infinite loops by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or capture files (bsc#1094301). This includes : - CVE-2018-11356: DNS dissector crash - CVE-2018-11357: Multiple dissectors could consume excessive memory - CVE-2018-11358: Q.931 dissector crash - CVE-2018-11359: The RRC dissector and other dissectors could crash - CVE-2018-11360: GSM A DTAP dissector crash - CVE-2018-11362: LDSS dissector crash Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-21 modified 2019-01-02 plugin id 120052 published 2019-01-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120052 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:1988-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2020-362.NASL description This update for wireshark and libmaxminddb fixes the following issues : Update wireshark to new major version 3.2.2 and introduce libmaxminddb for GeoIP support (bsc#1156288). New features include : - Added support for 111 new protocols, including WireGuard, LoRaWAN, TPM 2.0, 802.11ax and QUIC - Improved support for existing protocols, like HTTP/2 - Improved analytics and usability functionalities This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-03-26 modified 2020-03-20 plugin id 134755 published 2020-03-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134755 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2020-362) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-2412-1.NASL description This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - bsc#1094301: Wireshark security update to 2.6.1, 2.4.7, 2.2.15 - CVE-2018-14339: MMSE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-38, bsc#1101810) - CVE-2018-14341: DICOM dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-39, bsc#1101776) - CVE-2018-14343: ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-37, bsc#1101786) - CVE-2018-14344: ISMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-35, bsc#1101788) - CVE-2018-14340: Multiple dissectors could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-36, bsc#1101804) - CVE-2018-14342: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34, bsc#1101777) - CVE-2018-14370: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-43, bsc#1101802) - CVE-2018-14369: HTTP2 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-41, bsc#1101800) - CVE-2018-14367: CoAP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-42, bsc#1101791) - CVE-2018-14368: Bazaar dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-40, bsc#1101794) - CVE-2018-11355: Fix RTCP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11362: Fix LDSS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11361: Fix IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11360: Fix GSM A DTAP dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11358: Fix Q.931 dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11359: Fix multiple dissectors crashs (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11356: Fix DNS dissector crash (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11357: Fix multiple dissectors that could consume excessive memory (bsc#1094301). - CVE-2018-11354: Fix IEEE 1905.1a dissector crash (bsc#1094301). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 112015 published 2018-08-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/112015 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:2412-1) NASL family Windows NASL id WIRESHARK_2_6_1.NASL description The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.15, 2.4.x prior to 2.4.6, or 2.6.x prior to 2.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110269 published 2018-05-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110269 title Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.15 / 2.4.x < 2.4.7 / 2.6.x < 2.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
References
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-29.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14681
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4425716ddba99374749bd033d9bc0f4add2fb973