vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-6474): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 4, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 4, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating record sizes.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-6474
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-6474
- DEBIAN-DSA-3811
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13429
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=a998c9195f183d85f5b0bbeebba21a2d4d303d47
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6474
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-07.html
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