Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark-gnome package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-WIRESHARKGNOME-1373957
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Mar 2017

Introduced: 3 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6474  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 wireshark-gnome.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark-gnome package and not the wireshark-gnome package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating record sizes.