CVE-2019-10897 In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop.
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10897 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-10897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Apr 2019.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10897 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10897/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-10897?
CVE-2019-10897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Apr 2019.
Official description
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10897?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2019-10897?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-10897 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10897 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6pcq-q2q7-f4ww.