CVE-2017-11406
First published: Tue Jul 18 2017(Updated: )
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Wireshark | >=2.0.0<=2.0.13 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | >=2.2.0<=2.2.7 | |
| Debian GNU/Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99903
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038966
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13797
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=250216263c3a3f2c651e80d9c6b3dc0adc53dc2c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/remedy
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/wireshark
- canonical/wireshark wireshark
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.0.0
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.0.13
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.2.0
- version/wireshark wireshark/2.2.7
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian gnu/linux
- version/debian gnu/linux/8.0