In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating record sizes.
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 | Aug 30, 2017 | Mar 4, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Mar 19, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.2.5-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.2.5-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.2.5-0.175.3.19.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wireshark-devel | Mar 12, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 4, 2017 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.5Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.11 | Oct 4, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 |
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