vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-7702)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 12, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in the WBXML dissector of wireshark <= 2.2.7. It is possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-7702
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7702
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97633
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13477
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2f322f66cbcca2fefdaa630494f9d6c97eb659b7
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-28
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.8.html
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-13.html
- CWE-835
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