PT-2017-17094 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6474

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 NetScaler file parser, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed by validating record sizes in wiretap/netscaler.c.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.10, update to a version that includes the fix for the infinite loop in the NetScaler file parser. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.4, update to a version that includes the fix for the infinite loop in the NetScaler file parser.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1260

CVE-2017-6474

DLA-858-1

DSA-3811-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Wireshark

References · 196

• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13429 · 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/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6474 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-07.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6474 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6474 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6467 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-6474 · Vendor Advisory
• 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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6474 · Vendor Advisory