CVE-2019-10898
wireshark: GSUP dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-18)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · March 10, 2019
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the GSUP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_gsup.c by rejecting an invalid Information Element length.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they did not include support for Osmocom Generic Subscriber Update Protocol (GSUP).
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')