| Name | CVE-2018-14438 |
| Description | In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.6.20-0+deb10u9~deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u9 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.2-1 | 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) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- wireshark <not-affected> (Problem with SetSecurityDescriptorDacl() is Windows specific issue)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921