CVE-2017-5597
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.
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
0.478
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS 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 2.0.10 | Windows |
| 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 2.0.10 | Mac |
| wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_i386.deb | Linux |
| wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_amd64.deb | Linux |
| wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_kfreebsd-i386.deb | Linux |
| wireshark security update(DSA-3811-1) wireshark_1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11_kfreebsd-amd64.deb | Linux |
Patch Details
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| Patch ID | Patch Description |
|---|---|
| PATCH-304576 | Update of Wireshark (2.2.4) |
| PATCH-304577 | Update of Wireshark X64 (2.2.4) |
| PATCH-338541 | Wireshark (3.6.24) |
| PATCH-600921 | Update for WireShark for Mac (2.2.4) |
| PATCH-612949 | WireShark 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