PT-2017-17092 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6472

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 an infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector, which can be triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed by properly incrementing a certain sequence value in the epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, update to a version where the issue is fixed by properly incrementing the sequence value in the epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c file. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.4, update to a version where the issue is fixed by properly incrementing the sequence value in the epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c file.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1260

CVE-2017-6472

DLA-858-1

DSA-3811-1

MGASA-2017-0113

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 210

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6472 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6472 · Security Note
• 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6468 · Security Note