Bug 1609948 (CVE-2018-14438) - CVE-2018-14438 wireshark: Improper Access Control in create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c
Summary: CVE-2018-14438 wireshark: Improper Access Control in create_app_running_mutex...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-14438
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1609949 1609950
Blocks: 1609951
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-30 21:35 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-16 23:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-07-31 12:18:01 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-30 21:35:18 UTC 
A flaw was found in Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.


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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-30 21:35:48 UTC 
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1609950]
Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2018-07-31 12:18:01 UTC 
This is only a problem on Windows platforms.
Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2018-07-31 12:18:11 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
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