| Name | CVE-2018-9257 |
| Description | In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | jessie | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u14 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u15 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 2.6.3-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2.6.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 2.4.6-1 | low |
[jessie] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-22.html