Security readout for executives and security teams
This CVE is a crash bug in Wireshark. Certain Wireshark versions could crash while dissecting packet data because of a NULL pointer dereference. The main business risk is interruption of network analysis workflows, not data theft or system takeover based on the provided sources. Exposure is likely limited to systems running the affected Wireshark versions, especially analyst workstations, packet-capture review systems, and distributions packaging vulnerable Wireshark releases. Treat this as a routine security update for security operations tooling. Prioritize teams that open third-party or externally sourced packet captures, because a crash could disrupt investigations or monitoring work. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Wireshark using vendor guidance for CVE-2018-11359 or WNPA-SEC-2018-33.; Apply Debian, openSUSE, or other distribution security updates where Wireshark is packaged.; Avoid analyzing untrusted packet captures on affected versions until updated..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14703CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190115 [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=beaebe91b14564fb9f86f0726bab09927872721bCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-33.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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