PT-2017-17896
CVE-2017-7700
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Published
2017-04-12
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/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 NetScaler file parser in Wireshark could enter an infinite loop when processing a malformed capture file. This issue was resolved by ensuring a nonzero record size in the wiretap/netscaler.c file.
Recommendations
For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, update to a version that includes the fix in wiretap/netscaler.c to prevent the infinite loop issue.
For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5, update to a version that includes the fix in wiretap/netscaler.c to prevent the infinite loop issue.
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