vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6471: Improper Input Validation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 4, 2017 | Aug 30, 2017 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 4, 2017
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
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