Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-5336 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
wireshark
debian
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-01-11
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wireshark
16
OS
Debian
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4101.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors/file parsers for IxVeriWave, WCP, JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP and GDB, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106415
    published2018-01-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106415
    titleDebian DSA-4101-1 : wireshark - security update
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4101. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(106415);
  script_version("3.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/03/13 12:13:13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5334", "CVE-2018-5335", "CVE-2018-5336");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4101");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4101-1 : wireshark - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer,
contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors/file parsers for
IxVeriWave, WCP, JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP and GDB, which could result in
denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/wireshark"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/wireshark"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwireshark-data", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwireshark-dev", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwireshark5", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwiretap-dev", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwiretap4", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwsutil-dev", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libwsutil4", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"tshark", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark-common", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark-dbg", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark-dev", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark-doc", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wireshark-qt", reference:"1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwireshark-data", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwireshark-dev", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwireshark8", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwiretap-dev", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwiretap6", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwscodecs1", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwsutil-dev", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libwsutil7", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"tshark", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark-common", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark-dev", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark-doc", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark-gtk", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"wireshark-qt", reference:"2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_WIRESHARK_2_4_4.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Wireshark installed on the remote MacOS/MacOSX host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.12 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106141
    published2018-01-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106141
    titleWireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 / 2.4.x < 2.4.4 DoS Vulnerabilities (MacOS)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-0179-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (bsc#1075737) - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (bsc#1075738) - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (bsc#1075739) - CVE-2017-17935: Incorrect handling of
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106293
    published2018-01-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106293
    titleSUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0179-1) (Spectre)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1258.NASL
    descriptionKamil Frankowicz and Young found that several parsers of wireshark could be crashed by malformed packets. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2018-01-29
    plugin id106408
    published2018-01-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106408
    titleDebian DLA-1258-1 : wireshark security update
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2425.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the wireshark packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to avoid a buffer over-read.(CVE-2018-14340) - 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 DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset overflow.(CVE-2018-14341) - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.(CVE-2018-5336) - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.(CVE-2018-7418) - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by validating an OID.(CVE-2017-9347) - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length value.(CVE-2017-9349) - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to avoid a buffer over-read.(CVE-2018-14340) - 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 DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset overflow.(CVE-2018-14341) - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.(CVE-2018-19622) - The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8714) - In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a buffer over-read and application crash. This was addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding length validation.(CVE-2017-13765) - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.(CVE-2017-17083) - The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8712) - epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8713) - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2019-12-04
    plugin id131579
    published2019-12-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131579
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idWIRESHARK_2_4_4.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.12 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106142
    published2018-01-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106142
    titleWireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 / 2.4.x < 2.4.4 DoS Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-0191-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (bsc#1075737) - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (bsc#1075738) - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (bsc#1075739) - CVE-2017-17935: Incorrect handling of
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106342
    published2018-01-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106342
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0191-1) (Spectre)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-32.NASL
    descriptionThis update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (boo#1075737) - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (boo#1075738) - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (boo#1075739) - CVE-2017-17997: MRDISC dissector could crash (boo#1074171) This release no longers enable the Linux kernel BPF JIT compiler via the net.core.bpf_jit_enable sysctl, as this would make systems more vulnerable to Spectre variant 1 CVE-2017-5753 - (boo#1075748) Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.12.html
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-01-16
    plugin id106061
    published2018-01-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106061
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2018-32) (Spectre)

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