CVE-2017-5596

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.558

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update of Wireshark (2.2.4)Windows
Update of Wireshark X64 (2.2.4)Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5597,CVE-2017-5596 are fixed in Wireshark x64 2.0.10Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5597,CVE-2017-5596 are fixed in Update for WireShark for Mac (2.2.4)Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5597,CVE-2017-5596 are fixed in Wireshark for Mac 2.0.10Mac
wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_i386.debLinux
wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_amd64.debLinux
wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_kfreebsd-i386.debLinux
wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_kfreebsd-amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-304576Update of Wireshark (2.2.4)
PATCH-304577Update of Wireshark X64 (2.2.4)
PATCH-338541Wireshark (3.6.24)
PATCH-600921Update for WireShark for Mac (2.2.4)
PATCH-612949WireShark for Mac (4.6.2)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234