vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-17083): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 1, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 1, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-17083
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-17083
- CWE-754
- DEBIAN-DSA-4060
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17083
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html
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