PT-2017-15152 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Young · Published 2017-07-31 · Updated 2019-03-01 · CVE-2017-17997

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions prior to 2.2.12

Description The issue arises from the MRDISC dissector misusing a NULL pointer, leading to a crash. This was resolved by validating an IPv4 address in the epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.12, update to version 2.2.12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the MRDISC dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1958

CVE-2017-17997

DLA-1634-1

MGASA-2018-0071

SUSE-SU-2018:0811-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0867-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0811-1

SUSE-SU-2018_0867-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 152

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0071.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9766 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15191 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01273 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1634-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11406 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9268 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11407 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7746 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7324 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1958 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9263 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997 · Vendor Advisory