vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-17997): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 30, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-17997
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-17997
- CWE-476
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17997
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