Excessive Iteration Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.5-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1563601
  • published23 Feb 2018
  • disclosed23 Feb 2018

Introduced: 23 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7323  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 2.4.5-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c had a large loop that was addressed by ensuring that a calculated length was monotonically increasing.