Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.2.6+g32dac6a-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WIRESHARK-375419
  • published12 Apr 2017
  • disclosed12 Apr 2017

Introduced: 12 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wireshark to version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c by correctly checking for going beyond the maximum offset.