PT-2017-17091 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Antti Levomäki · Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6471

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 2.0.10 Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.4

Description The issue is related to a WSP infinite loop, which can be triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed by validating the capability length in the epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.4, update to a version that includes the fix in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1260

CVE-2017-6471

DLA-858-1

DSA-3811-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 196

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6014 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1260 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6467 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6473 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3811-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6474 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6468 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6471 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5597 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6470 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6471 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6472 · Security Note