CVE-2017-17083

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.10 Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.2

Description The issue concerns a potential crash in the NetBIOS dissector. This was resolved by modifying the epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c file to ensure that write operations are properly bounded within a buffer, preventing a crash.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.10, update to a version where the epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c file has been modified to include bounds checking for write operations. For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.2, update to a version where the epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c file has been modified to include bounds checking for write operations.