Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.7-r0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.4% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WIRESHARK-3144857
- published 2 Jun 2017
- disclosed 2 Jun 2017
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 openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by checking for a negative length.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9350
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9350
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1212
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13649
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=dbc7cb0bbdd501fa96e0cb98668f6d6bf17ac4e6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98806
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9350
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-28.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dbc7cb0bbdd501fa96e0cb98668f6d6bf17ac4e6