vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2017-7746 : SLSK dissector long loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 12, 2017 | Apr 25, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Apr 25, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SLSK dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by adding checks for the remaining length.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_0_12wireshark-upgrade-2_2_6
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