| Name | CVE-2018-9272 |
| Description | In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-h223.c has a memory leak. |
| 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 | vulnerable |
| 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) | 2.4.6-1 | low | | |
Notes
[jessie] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14487
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6e3b90824a82724f445a0374e99f0b76e4cf5e8b
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html
Applying patch for versions 1.12 and older requires introduction of a new
memory management system (wmem).