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CVE-2019-16319

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Sep 15, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16319
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.3 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.10, the Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/epan/gryphon/packet-gryphon.c by checking for a message length of zero.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.10 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.3 (including)
Wireshark Ubuntu bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu disco *
Wireshark Ubuntu eoan *
Wireshark Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Wireshark Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *

References

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