PT-2017-11987

CVE-2017-11406

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Published

2017-07-18

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.8
High
MetricsAV: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 2.0.13 Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.7
Description The issue is related to the DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark, which could enter an infinite loop due to invalid Frame Control parameter values. This was fixed by rejecting such invalid values in the packet-docsis.c file.
Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.13, update to a version where the fix for the DOCSIS dissector has been applied. For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.7, update to a version where the fix for the DOCSIS dissector has been applied.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-1920
ALT-PU-2018-2487
DLA-1634-1
MGASA-2017-0219
MGASA-2017-0226
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1
SUSE-SU-2017:2032-1
SUSE-SU-2017_2032-1
SUSE-SU-2017:2033-1
SUSE-SU-2017_2033-1
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