PT-2017-17093 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6473

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 crash of the K12 file parser, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed by validating the relationships between lengths and offsets in the wiretap/k12.c file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, update to a version that includes the fix in wiretap/k12.c to prevent the K12 file parser crash. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.4, update to a version that includes the fix in wiretap/k12.c to prevent the K12 file parser crash.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1260

CVE-2017-6473

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/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6473 · 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6473 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6468 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6473 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-09.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13431 · Vendor Advisory