Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.6-r0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.26% (66th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144544
- published 12 Apr 2017
- disclosed 12 Apr 2017
Introduced: 12 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-7704 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17
wireshark
to version 2.2.6-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 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7704
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7704
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97634
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7704
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8