What is the severity of CVE-2017-9346?

CVE-2017-9346 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service through an infinite loop.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9346?

To fix CVE-2017-9346, upgrade Wireshark to versions 2.2.7 or later and 2.0.13 or later.

What versions of Wireshark are affected by CVE-2017-9346?

CVE-2017-9346 affects Wireshark versions from 2.0.0 to 2.0.12 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.6.

What component of Wireshark does CVE-2017-9346 involve?

CVE-2017-9346 involves the SoulSeek dissector in Wireshark.

What can happen if I don't address CVE-2017-9346?

If not addressed, CVE-2017-9346 can lead to a denial of service by causing the application to become unresponsive.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-9346

high

7.8

CWE

835

2/6/2017

3/10/2019

CVE-2017-9346

First published: Fri Jun 02 2017(Updated: )

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the SoulSeek dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by making loop bounds more explicit.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Wireshark Wireshark	>=2.0.0<=2.0.12
Wireshark Wireshark	>=2.2.0<=2.2.6

Remedy

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13631

Remedy

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6c0bd15bd46a95c5b7dce02fe23c594429bb6c7e

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9346?
CVE-2017-9346 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service through an infinite loop.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9346?
To fix CVE-2017-9346, upgrade Wireshark to versions 2.2.7 or later and 2.0.13 or later.
What versions of Wireshark are affected by CVE-2017-9346?
CVE-2017-9346 affects Wireshark versions from 2.0.0 to 2.0.12 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.6.
What component of Wireshark does CVE-2017-9346 involve?
CVE-2017-9346 involves the SoulSeek dissector in Wireshark.
What can happen if I don't address CVE-2017-9346?
If not addressed, CVE-2017-9346 can lead to a denial of service by causing the application to become unresponsive.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9346?
CVE-2017-9346 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service through an infinite loop.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9346?
To fix CVE-2017-9346, upgrade Wireshark to versions 2.2.7 or later and 2.0.13 or later.
What versions of Wireshark are affected by CVE-2017-9346?
CVE-2017-9346 affects Wireshark versions from 2.0.0 to 2.0.12 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.6.
What component of Wireshark does CVE-2017-9346 involve?
CVE-2017-9346 involves the SoulSeek dissector in Wireshark.
What can happen if I don't address CVE-2017-9346?
If not addressed, CVE-2017-9346 can lead to a denial of service by causing the application to become unresponsive.