Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WIRESHARK-376806
  • published25 Jan 2017
  • disclosed25 Jan 2017

Introduced: 25 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1 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 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.