Bug 1415964 – CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)

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Bug 1415964 - (CVE-2017-5596) CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5596

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1415967
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Reported:	2017-01-24 04:33 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-02-17 04:16 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 2.2.4, wireshark 2.0.10
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Last Closed:	2017-02-17 04:16:47 EST
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 04:33:15 EST

It was reported that Wireshark's ASTERIX could loop infinitely. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Upstream bug(s):

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 04:37:25 EST

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1415967]

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