CVE-2019-5718
Publication date 8 January 2019
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wireshark | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.6.6-1~ubuntu18.04.0
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.6.6-1~ubuntu16.04.0
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.6.6-1~ubuntu14.04.0
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |