high7.5
CVE-2017-5596
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
Impact
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | Wireshark | Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html