Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting wireshark-devel package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WIRESHARKDEVEL-1371138
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed16 Feb 2017
Introduced: 16 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-6014 (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.
In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.