Wireshark : CVE-2011-1957 : Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
06/06/2011
07/25/2018
10/04/2017
02/14/2023
Description
The dissect_dcm_main function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c in the DICOM dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid PDU length.
Solution(s)
- wireshark-upgrade-1_2_17
- wireshark-upgrade-1_4_7
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