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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARK-1372222
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Mar 2017

Introduced: 3 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 wireshark.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.