Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.4-r1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144702
- published 17 Feb 2017
- disclosed 17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-6014 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17
wireshark
to version 2.2.4-r1 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 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13416
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6014
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6014
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96284
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-6014