vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-7745): 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 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SIGCOMP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting a memory-size check.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-7745
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7745
- CWE-835
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-16720
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13578
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=acd8e1a9b17ad274bea1e01e10e4481508a1cbf0
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-16720
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7745
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-20.html
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