High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-10897
CVE-2019-10897
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.
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Affected products
26- Range: backups/ethereal@18706, ethereal-0-3-15, ethereal-0.3.15, …
- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libmaxminddb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libmaxminddb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libmaxminddb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libmaxminddb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libmaxminddb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/spandsp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/opensuse/libmaxminddb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/spandsp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 0.0.6-3.2.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-1.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-3.35.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.6-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-lp151.2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.8-1.2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlnvd
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/nvd
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