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Debian: CVE-2017-11406: wireshark -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 18, 2017
Added
Feb 20, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.

Solution

debian-upgrade-wireshark
Title
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