high7.5
CVE-2017-6469
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
Impact
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | Wireshark | from 2.0.0 through 2.0.10 from 2.2.0 through 2.2.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96577
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13346
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f753c127082d5e28abf482d6d175cbfee6661f7
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-03.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96577
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13346
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f753c127082d5e28abf482d6d175cbfee6661f7
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-03.html