NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.7-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.14% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WIRESHARK-376200
  • published2 Jun 2017
  • disclosed2 Jun 2017

Introduced: 2 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9347  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wireshark to version 2.2.7-1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by validating an OID.