CVE-2017-6469

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.

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
0.704

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update of Wireshark (2.2.5)Windows
Update of Wireshark X64 (2.2.5)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Wireshark x64 2.0.11Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in WireShark For Mac 2.0.10Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in WireShark For Mac 2.2.4Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for WireShark for Mac (2.2.5)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Wireshark for Mac 2.0.11Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-304723Update of Wireshark (2.2.5)
PATCH-304724Update of Wireshark X64 (2.2.5)
PATCH-338541Wireshark (3.6.24)
PATCH-611905WireShark for Mac (Apple Silicon) (4.4.9)
PATCH-611905WireShark for Mac (Apple Silicon) (4.4.9)
PATCH-600953Update for WireShark for Mac (2.2.5)
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