CVE-2019-10894 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A flaw in the GSS-API dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark by sending crafted network packets, requiring a software update to fix.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10894?

CVE-2019-10894 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the GSS-API dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gssapi.c by ensuring that a valid dissector is called.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10894?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10894?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-10894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10894, GHSA-crh9-ppwm-j9xc, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10894.

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