vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-7704): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 12, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 27, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 27, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-7704
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7704
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7704
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
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