high7.5
CVE-2017-6471
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, 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 a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.
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/96564
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html