vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9345: Infinite Loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 2, 2017 | Sep 20, 2017 | Jun 18, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 2, 2017
Added
Sep 20, 2017
Modified
Jun 18, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect self-referencing pointers.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
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