Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARKDEVEL-1367897
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Dec 2017

Introduced: 27 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17935  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 wireshark-devel.

NVD Description

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

The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.