Name: CVE-2017-11409: Excessive Iteration
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-11409, CWE-834, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01193

In Wireshark 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the GPRS LLC dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c by using a different integer data type.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade wireshark	Sep 20, 2017	Jul 18, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade wireshark	Feb 20, 2019	Jul 18, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Jul 18, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade wireshark	Nov 19, 2024	Jul 18, 2017
Wireshark	—	Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.14	Oct 4, 2017	Jul 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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