VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5597
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.00%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.00% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.