PT-2017-17924 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Published 2017-04-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-7747

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 2.0.11 Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5

Description The issue is related to the PacketBB dissector, which could crash due to packet injection or a malformed capture file. This crash was triggered by uncontrolled additions to the protocol tree.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, update to a version where the issue is fixed by restricting additions to the protocol tree in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5, update to a version where the issue is fixed by restricting additions to the protocol tree in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1470

CVE-2017-7747

DLA-1634-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 296

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7747 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7746 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7323 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-18.html · Vendor Advisory
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11406 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7747 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01272 · Security Note
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