PT-2017-17925
CVE-2017-7748
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Published
2017-04-12
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV: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.
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