vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-11411): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 18, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 18, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-11411
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-11411
- CWE-20
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-3038
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13755
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-3038
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11411
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-28.html
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