PT-2017-17925 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Jakub Zawadzki · Published 2017-04-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-7748

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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 arises from the WSP dissector potentially entering an infinite loop. This can be triggered by either packet injection or a malformed capture file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, update to a version where the length check has been added to epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c to prevent the infinite loop. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5, update to a version where the length check has been added to epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c to prevent the infinite loop.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1470

CVE-2017-7748

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 232

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7747 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7705 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13581 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7748 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7704 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7746 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7748 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-21.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7748 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7701 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1470 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7700 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7748 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7703 · Security Note