Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting wireshark package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARK-1377921
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jun 2017

Introduced: 13 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (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 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector.