Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.0.0,2.0.11)[2.2.0,2.2.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318398
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed4 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.0.11, 2.2.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.

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