Excessive Iteration Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.0.14-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE34-WIRESHARK-467915
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-11409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.4 wireshark to version 2.0.14-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:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the GPRS LLC dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c by using a different integer data type.