vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-9766): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 21, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 21, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.7, PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq function in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2017-9766
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9766
- CWE-674
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-18696
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13811
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=d6e888400ba64de3147d1111a4c23edf389b0000
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-18696
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9766
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