Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WIRESHARK-376511
  • published21 Jun 2017
  • disclosed21 Jun 2017

Introduced: 21 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9766  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 wireshark to version 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.7, PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq function in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c.