<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.17</code> <code>wireshark</code> to version 2.2.7-r0 or higher.</p>

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.7-r0

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.3% (70^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144408
published 2 Jun 2017
disclosed 2 Jun 2017

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Introduced: 2 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9349 Open this link in a new tab CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 wireshark to version 2.2.7-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length value.