<p>Upgrade <code>Alpine:3.17</code> <code>wireshark</code> to version 3.2.5-r0 or higher.</p>

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <3.2.5-r0

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.17% (54^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144783
published 1 Sep 2020
disclosed 5 Jul 2020

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Introduced: 5 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15466 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 3.2.5-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 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.