PT-2017-16602 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Antti Levomäki · Published 2017-01-25 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5597

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 in the DHCPv6 dissector, which can enter a large 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 data type in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c has been changed to avoid an integer overflow. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.3, update to a version where the data type in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c has been changed to avoid an integer overflow.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1132

CVE-2017-5597

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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5597 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6014 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5597 · 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6473 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5597 · Security Note
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6468 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html · Vendor Advisory