PT-2017-16601 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2017-01-25 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5596

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 2.0.0 through 2.0.9 Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.3

Description The issue arises from the ASTERIX dissector, which can enter an infinite loop due to packet injection or a malformed capture file, potentially caused by an integer overflow.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.9, update to a version where the issue is fixed by changing the data type in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c to avoid the integer overflow. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.3, update to a version where the issue is fixed by changing the data type in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c to avoid the integer overflow.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1132

CVE-2017-5596

DLA-858-1

DSA-3811-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 242

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6014 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5596 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6467 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1132 · Vendor Advisory
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6473 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3811-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6474 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5596 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344 · Patch