vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7702: Infinite Loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 12, 2017 | Sep 20, 2017 | Jun 18, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Sep 20, 2017
Modified
Jun 18, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WBXML dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c by adding length validation.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
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