In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c by validating an IPv6 address.
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 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.2.7-0.175.3.23.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.2.7-0.175.3.23.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.2.7-0.175.3.23.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Aug 21, 2017 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 1, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwsutil8 | Jun 12, 2017 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jun 2, 2017 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.7 | Oct 4, 2017 | Jun 2, 2017 |
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